CAP. 2571
[s. 7 cont.]
(Cap. 10.)
Variation of Schedules.
Law Amendment (Transitional Provisions).
containing the powers conferred on an appellate authority by subsection (2) of section 4 of that Ordinance.
(2) (a) The appellate authority shall not exercise the
power to order a new trial, and
(b) the words "appellate authority within the meaning of the Indemnity and Validating Ordinance, 1946” shall be substituted for the words "the Legal Adviser" wherever such words appear in the said Articles.
(3) Where any matter or thing has been done in exercise of the powers conferred on any of the officers specified in the right-hand column of Order No. I made under Article I of Proclamation No. 4 entitled Delegation of Powers (Amendment), or under any amendment of such order with reference to any enactment (including any enactment of the British Military Administration) which is not repealed by this Ordinance, such matter or thing shall continue to have effect in like manner as if it had been validly done by the corresponding authority specified opposite the name of any such officer in the left-hand column of such order.
(4) Save as hereinafter provided, notwithstanding the repeal by section 2 hereof of Order No. 5 made under Article of Proclamation No. 4 entitled Delegation of Powers (Amendment), any petition for a grant of probate or letters of administration which was pending before the Standing Military Court under Order No. 5 aforesaid shall be deemed to be pending before the Supreme Court in like manner and with the like effect as if such petition and any step in the proceedings taken thereafter had lawfully been lodged and taken under the Probate and Administration Ordinance. Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any petition or any subsequent step which was not lodged or taken in accordance with such Ordinance as amended by Order No. 5 aforesaid.
8. The Governor in Council may by order from time to time add to, alter or amend the provisions of the Schedules hereto or any of them.
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