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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 8, 1929.

L. S.

HONG KONG.

No. 1 of 1929.

I assent.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance

No. 3 of 1873, s. 6.

Amendment

8th March, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court

Ordinance, 1873.

[8th March, 1929.]

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 Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. Section 6 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, is amended by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof :-

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“Provided that the practice with regard to writs of certiorari, habeas corpus and manda- mus shall be the practice from time to time in force in England for the time being."

3. Sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 9 of the of Ordinance Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, are amended by the

substitution in each case of the words-

No. 3 of 1873, s. 9.

Amendment

save in the case of a judge appointed by the Governor under the provisions of section 10 of this Ordinance or under the provisions of section 5 (3) of the Full Court Ordinance,

1912"

for the words-

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save as is provided in section 5 (3) of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912”

4. Section 10 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, of Ordinance 1873, is amended by the addition of the following sub-

section at the end thereof:

No. 3 of

1873, s. 10.

(3) If in any other case the Governor for any reason considers it desirable that a tom- porary judge should be appointed in addition to the judges in the permanent service of the Colony, it shall be lawful for him tempor- arily to appoint a fit and proper person to be a judge, and to terminate any such appoint- ment as and when he shall think it desirable.

Passsd the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 7th day of March, 1929.

E. I. WYNNE-JONES,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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