Court Rules

1. (1) These Rules, which may be cited as the District Court (Fines) Rules 2015, shall come into operation on the 18th day of January 2015.

(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) and all other District Court Rules.

(3) The District Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the District Court Rules 1997 to 2015.

2. The District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) are amended:

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(ii) by the substitution for rule 2 of Order 25 of the following rule:

“2. (1) In all cases of summary jurisdiction whenever an order has been made upon the conviction of any person of an offence under section 2(1) of the Courts (No. 2) Act 1986 or section 1 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 committing a person to prison, the Court may issue a warrant of committal to imprisonment ( Form 25.5 or  25.6, Schedule B) forthwith or at any time not later than six months from the date on which the said order was made.

(2) In all cases of summary jurisdiction whenever an order has been made upon the conviction of any person of an offence for the performance of a condition and that condition has not been performed, the Court may, upon the application of the prosecutor, issue a warrant of committal to imprisonment for the non-performance of the condition (  Form 25.7, Schedule B) at any time not later than six months from the expiration of the time fixed by the said order for the performance thereof.”

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