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Ord. No. 79/81 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS)
Power of
the Court
of Appeal
on appeal.
leave to appeal and, if the Court of Appeal considers th a question of law of general public importance is involved, it may grant leave.
(2) An application for leave to appeal under this section shall be-
(a) in the prescribed form, setting out the question of
law; and
(b) lodged with the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
(3) A refusal by the Court of Appeal to grant leave to appeal shall be final.
29B. On an appeal under section 29A, the Court of Appeal may-
(a) allow the appeal;
(b) dismiss the appeal; or
(c) remit the matter to the tribunal with such directions
as it thinks fit, which may include a direction to the tribunal for a new hearing,
and may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit.";
(d) in section 31-
(i) by inserting after "section 28" the following-
"or section 29A”; and
(ii) by deleting "or Court of Appeal" in both places where it occurs and substituting the following-
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the High Court or Court of Appeal"; and
(e) in section 36-
(i) by deleting "section 28" and substituting the following-
"sections 28 and 29A"; and
(ii) by deleting "section 29" and substituting the following-
"sections 29 and 29B".
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS Ord. No. 79/81
AMENDMENTS)
(2) Where an action or matter commenced in the District Court before the coming into operation of sections 2(1) and 3 is brought within the jurisdiction of the District Court by the operation of those sections, the District Court may refuse to make an order under section 39(1) of the District Court Ordinance.
FIRST SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS TO FINANCIAL LIMITS OF JURISDICTION
[s. 2.]
A479
(Cap. 336.)
Ordinance
Provision amended
3
Deletion
t
1.
Estate Duty
Section 22(1B)
"$100,000"
Ordinance.
2.
District Court
Sections:
"twenty
Substitution
"$200,000".
"$40,000".
(Cap. 111.)
(Cap. 336.)
Ordinance.
32(1) and (2)
thousand dollars"
33(1)
34(1)
37(1)
41
52(1)(a) and (d)
Sections:
35
"fifteen thousand "$30,000". dollars"
36
37(3)
52(1)(c)
69(3)
3.
Small Claims
Tribunal
Sections: 9(1)
"$3,000"
"“$5,000".
(Cap. 338.)
Ordinance.
10(3)
Miscellaneous
amendments.
PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
11. The Ordinances mentioned in column 1 of the Third Schedule are amended in the provisions mentioned in column 2 by deleting the Third Schedule. words mentioned in column 3 and substituting the words mentioned in
column 4.
Transitional provisions.
PART V
GENERAL
12. (1) Where a cause or matter commenced in the High Court before the coming into operation of sections 2(1) and 3 is brought within the jurisdiction of the District Court by the operation of those sections, the High Court may transfer the cause or matter to the District Court.
SECOND SCHEDULE
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO FINANCIAL LIMITS OF JURISDICTION
[s. 3.]
Deletion
4
Substitution
"of $15,000" "mentioned in section 35 (Cap. 7.)
of the District Court Ordinance".
1
Ordinance
2
3
Provision amended
1.
Landlord and
Section 43(1)
Tenant
(Consolida-
tion)
Ordinance.
2.
Estate Duty Ordinance.
Section 14(1)
Section 19(2)
|"$20,000"
"of $20,000" "mentioned in section 33 (Cap. 111.) of the District Court Ordinance".
"the sum mentioned in section 33 of the District Court Ordinance".