THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 24, 1934.
HONG KONG.
No. 27 of 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor.
24th August, 1934.
An Ordinance to amend further the Supreme Court Ordin-
ance, 1873.
[24th August, 1934.]
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 Supreme Court Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1934.
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2. The proviso added by the Supreme Court Amendment Substitution Ordinance, 1929, to section 6 of the Supreme Court Ordin- for proviso ance, 1873, is repealed and the following is substituted Ordinance therefor :-
Provided that the practice and procedure, howsoever established and regulated, with regard to exchequer and revenue proceedings and the practice with regard to writs of certiorari, habeas corpus and mandamus shall be the same as they were in England on the 31st day of December, 1930.
No. 3 of 1873, s. 6.
3. Sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Supreme Court Substitution Ordinance, 1873, as enacted by section 2 of the Supreme for Ordin- Court Amendment Ordinance, 1933, is repealed and following sub-section is substituted therefor
the of 1873,
ance No. 3
s. 9 (2) as enacted by Ordinance
1933, s. 2.
No. 8 of
(2) Every Chief Justice and every Puisne Judge shall, No. 12 of save when appointed by the Governor under the provisions of section 10 of this Ordinance or under the provisions of section 2 (4) of the Full Court Ordinance, 1933, be appointed Ordinance by Letters Patent under the public seal by the Governor, in 1933. accordance with such instructions as he may receive through a Secretary of State, and shall hold his office during His Majesty's pleasure, subject to any conditions contained in any regulation made by or under the authority of His Majesty for His Majesty's Colonial Service.
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