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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bill.
No. S. 202.-The following Bill is published for general information :-
[No. 47-19.5.36.-2].
A BILL
Short title.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 8 of 1933, s. 2 (4).
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Full Court Ordinance, 1933.
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, 1937.
2. Sub-section (4) of section 2 of the Full Court Ordin- ance, 1933, is amended by the addition of the following paragraph at the end thereof :-
The Chief Justice, the Puisne Judge, the Judge or the Assistant Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China and any such barrister as aforesaid may form a bench of two judges sitting to hear and determine appeals under the Hong Kong (Non-Domiciled Parties) Divorce Rules, 1936, provided that they shall have been nominated and approved in accordance with such rules.
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Ordinance amends the Full Court Ordinance, No. 8 of 1933, so as to make provision for the constitution of the Court in hearing appeals under the Hong Kong (Non- Domiciled Parties) Divorce Rules, 1936, which require a bench of two judges, other than the trial judge, nominated by the Chief Justice and approved by the Lord Chancellor.
2. These Rules were published by Government Notification No. 15 in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of the 3rd January, 1936, and provide, with respect to the appointment of judges that as soon as may be after the coming into force of the Rules, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong shall submit to the Lord Chancellor through the Secretary of State for the Colonies the names of such number of the judges of the Court (including, if he thinks fit, the name of the Chief Justice himself) not exceeding four, as he may consider necessary for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction under the Act and Rules. Upon the approval of the Lord Chancellor to any nomination so submitted being signified to the Chief Justice by the Secretary of State for the Colonies,