STATUTORY
INSTRUMENTS
1967 No. 234
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE
The Virgin Islands (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1967
Made
Coming into Operation
22nd February 1967
27th February 1967
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of February 1967
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in the exercise of the powers in that behalf by section of the Judicial Committee Act 1844(a) or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Virgin Islands (Appeals to Privy Citation and Council) Order 1967 and shall come into operation on 27th February 1967.
2.-(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-
"appeal means appeal from a decision of the Court to Her Majesty in Council;
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Court
Order;
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means the Court of Appeal established by the Courts
Courts Order
means the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Order 1967(b);
decision" means a decision in any proceedings originating in the Virgin Islands:
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the prescribed date means the date prescribed under section 1(2) of the Courts Order;
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record means the aggregate of papers relating to an appeal (including pleadings, proceedings, evidence and decisions) proper to be laid before Her Majesty in Council on the hearing of an appeal;
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Registrar means the Registrar of the Court or other proper officer having custody of the records of the Court.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purposes of interpreting, and in relation to, Acts of Parliament.
3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of this Order, an appeal shall lie as of right from decisions of the Court to Her Majesty in Council in the following cases---
(a) where the matter in dispute on the appeal to Her Majesty in Council is of the value of £300 sterling or upwards or where the
(a) 1844 c. 69.
(b) S.1. 1967/223.
(c) 1889 c. 63.
commence- ment.
Interpreta- tion.
Appeals to Her Majesty
in Council.