DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE IRISH FREE STATE
SECTION V.—TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
Article 74
From The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis 1922
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.