Section 57 of the Act of 1961 is amended -

(a) in subsection (1)(a), by the substitution of "a person who holds or held the office of Master of the High Court, Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator, Legal Costs Adjudicator or county registrar ceases to hold that office and attains the age of sixty-five years, or ceases to hold that office having been removed from office under the applicable provisions" for "a person who holds the office of Master of the High Court, Taxing-Master or county registrar ceases to hold that office (otherwise than on being removed from that office by the Government on the ground of misconduct or inefficiency) either after attaining the age of sixty-five years", and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

"(5) In this section, ‘applicable provisions’ means -

(a) in the case of a person holding the office of Master of the High Court, paragraph (a) of section 3(4B) of the Act of 1926,

(b) in the case of a person holding the office of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator or Legal Costs Adjudicator, clause (a) of paragraph 18(11) of the Eighth Schedule, and

(c) in the case of a person holding the office of county registrar, section 35(8)(a) of the Act of 1926.".