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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.