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Precedence.
Quorum.
Chief Justice to preside in Court, or in his absence the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
All matters to be decided by a majority of votes.
Sittings of Court.
Place in which Court sits to be deemed an open Court.
Seal of the Court.
ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1866.
Suppression of Piracy.
expiration of such sentence, or forthwith, as the case may be, to any reformatory school established in this Colony (if the directors or managers thereof shall be willing to receive such offender) and to be there detained for a period not less than one year and not exceeding five years: Provided also that it shall be lawful for the said Court in addition to any punishment other than capital punishment hereby imposed for any offence against this Ordinance, to order any male party or parties whose age in the opinion of the Court shall exceed sixteen years convicted under this Ordinance, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly flogged in the manner and subject to the conditions and restrictions prescribed and imposed with respect to flogging under Ordinance No. 12 of 1865; and before being discharged from custody such parties shall be marked with some indelible mark in such manner and in such part of the body as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct.
8. The official members of the said Court shall take precedence of the unofficial members, and the official members shall, when sitting in Court take precedence between themselves according to the order in which their respective offices are enumerated in the sixth section, and the unofficial members according to the priority of their respective appointments.
9. The Court shall not be competent to try any case unless three members at the least of such Court shall be present at the sitting of such Court, and of these three members, one, at the least, shall be the Chief Justice or the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and one at the least shall be a Naval officer.
10. The Chief Justice shall preside in the Court, except when he shall be prevented by some necessary and reasonable cause, and at any sitting of the said Court which may be held during his absence, the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction shall preside.
11. All matters which shall be brought before the Court shall be decided by the majority of votes. The President shall have an original vote in common with the other members of the Court, and shall have also a casting vote whenever upon any question the votes shall be equally divided.
12. The place at which the Court shall sit in discharge of its duties, shall be such place as may from time to time be appointed for that purpose by the Governor.
13. The place in which the Court shall sit to hear and determine any matter shall be deemed an open Court to which the public generally may have access.
14. The Governor shall direct a seal to be made for the Court and may direct the same to be broken, altered and renewed at his discretion, and all documents issuing from the Court shall be sealed with the said seal.