of
them shall have been repealed or amended by enactment of the
Parliament/Oireachtas.

ARTICLE 73.

Until Courts have been established for the Irish Free State/Saorstat
Eireann in accordance with this Constitution, the Supreme Court of
Judicature, County Courts, Courts of Quarter Sessions and Courts of
Summary Jurisdiction, as at present existing, shall for the time being
continue to exercise the same jurisdiction as heretofore, and any judge or
justice, being a member of any such Court, holding office at the time when
this Constitution comes into operation, shall for the time being continue
to be a member thereof and hold office by the like tenure and upon the
like terms as heretofore, unless, in the case of a judge of the said
Supreme Court or of a County Court, he signifies to the Representative of
the Crown his desire to resign. Any vacancies in any of the said Courts so
continued may be filled by appointment made in like manner as appointments
to judgeships in the Courts established under this Constitution.

Provided that the provisions of Article 65 as to the decisions of the
Supreme Court established under this Constitution shall apply to decisions
of the Court of Appeal continued by this Article.

ARTICLE 74.

If any judge of the said Supreme Court of Judicature or of any of the said
County Courts resigns as aforesaid, or if any such judge, on the
establishment of Courts under this Constitution, is not with his consent
appointed to be a judge of any such Court, he shall, for the purpose of
Article 10 of the Scheduled Treaty, be treated as if he had retired in
consequence of the change of Government effected in pursuance of the said
Treaty, but the rights so conferred shall be without prejudice to any
rights or claims that he may have against the British Government.

ARTICLE 75.

Every existing Officer of the Provisional Government who has been
transferred to that Government from the British Government and every
existing Officer of the British Government, who, at the date of the coming
into operation of this Constitution, is engaged or employed in the
administration of public services which on that date become public
services of the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann (except those whose
services have been lent by the British Government to the Provisional
Government) shall on that date be transferred to and become an Officer of
the Irish Free State/Saorstat Eireann and shall hold office by a tenure
corres