Number 22 of 1942
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A BANK TO BE THE PRINCIPAL CURRENCY AUTHORITY IN THE STATE, TO DISSOLVE THE CURRENCY COMMISSION AND TRANSFER ITS POWERS AND DUTIES (WITH CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS) TO THE SAID BANK, TO CONFER ON THE SAID BANK DIVERS OTHER POWERS AND DUTIES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH BANKING, CURRENCY, COINAGE, AND THE MATTERS AFORE SAID AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE GRADUAL EXTINCTION OF CONSOLIDATED BANK NOTES.
[4th November, 1942]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: