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Draft Bill.
No. S. 383.—The following bill is published for general information :-
C.S.O. 4 in 4299/31.
[No. 36 :—13.10,31.—1.]
A BILL
Short title.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 27 of 1912, s. 5.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 27 of 1912, s. 5A.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Full Court Ordi-
nance, 1912.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Full Court Amendment Ordinance, 1931.
2. Section 5 of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912, is amended:-
(i) by the insertion of the following sub-section
after sub-section (2) thereof.
(3) In all applications and matters inci- dental to an appeal to a Full Court consisting of three judges, whether prior to or subsequent to the hearing of the appeal, the Full Court may con- sist either of two or of three judges.
(ii) by renumbering the existing sub-sections (3) and (4) as sub-sections (4) and (5) respec- tively.
3. Section 5A of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912, is repealed.
Objects and Reasons.
1. Section 2 of this Ordinance enables a Full Court of either two or three judges to deal with applications and matters incidental to an appeal to a court of three judges. Such incidental matters sometimes occur when the third judge is not available.
2. Section 3 repeals a provision introduced into the principal Ordinance by Ordinance No. 39 of 1912, the effect of which is now spent.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
September, 1931,