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(e) Companies: Ordinance No. 58 of 1911.
(/) The practice of "the Supreme Court acting in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction": Ordinance No. 9 of 1899.
() Magistrates appeals: Ordinance No. 3 of
1890.
(1) Summary Court appeals: Ordinance No. 4
of 1873.
4. It would seem that all the ground of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is covered by local legislation with the exception of such Crown Office matters as are not instances of the exercise by the Such Supreme Court of its criminal jurisdiction. matters include habeas corpus, mandamus, and perhaps some writs of certiorari. The only reference to the Crown Office is in section 4 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1899, and that does not help in any way on the present point.
5. If the practice in these Crown Office matters is not provided for by local legislation the position is that we are thrown back on the practice of the 5th April, 1843, which is a most inconvenient state of affairs. Accordingly, clause 2 of this bill provides that the practice with regard to writs of certiorari, habeas corpus and mandamus shall be the practice from time to time for the time being in force in England. It is unnecessary to provide for any pending matters because there are none of any of these three classes at the moment.
14th February, 1929.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General,