There is an amendment by Senator Douglas to this Section. The Senator is compelled to be absent through illness.
SEANAD IN COMMITTEE. - CORONERS (QUALIFICATION) BILL, 1923—(THIRD STAGE)
In addition to the persons mentioned in Section 2 of the Coroners (Ireland) Act, 1881, any person who
(a) was a justice of the peace on the 1st day of January, 1919, and
(b) resigned from the office of justice of the peace at any time after the 1st day of January, 1919, and before the 6th day of December, 1921, and
(c) was at the date of such resignation a justice of the peace of five years' standing
shall be qualified to be appointed, elected or chosen to the office of coroner under that Act.
AN CATHAOIRLEACH
I beg to move the amendment standing in Senator Douglas' name:—
Section 1, line 27. To add after the word "Act" the words "and shall be deemed to have been so qualified since the first day of January, 1919."
The amendment is acceptable to the Government.
Amendment put and agreed to.
Section 1, as amended, put and agreed to.
Remaining Sections and Schedule put and agreed to.
Bill, as amended, ordered to be reported.