SUPREME COURT (VACATIONS).
No. 5 of 1898.
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issuing writs and of transacting any business under the provisions of section 6.
vacation of
6. The court shall during vacation hear and determine all Hearing in such applications as may require to be immediately or promptly certain ap- heard, and all applications for summary judgment, and all plications: actions or matters in the summary jurisdiction of the court: summary
jurisdiction. Provided always that the hearing of any action or matter in the summary jurisdiction of the court may be adjourned over vacation, on reasonable cause being shown to the satisfaction of the court.
7. Every act, matter, or thing done in vacation shall be as Validity of valid to all intents and purposes as if done out of vacation.
act done in vacation.
8. No pleading shall be filed during vacation except by order Filing of of a judge in special circumstances.
pleading in
vacation.
Vacation not included in computation
9. Where by any enactment regulating civil procedure, or by any special order of the court, any limited time, not exceeding one month, is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, no days included in a vacation shall be reckoned in the computation of such time, unless the court otherwise directs: Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend the time for entering appearance to any specially indorsed writ.
10. During vacation there shall be at least one judge in the Colony, and the offices of the Supreme Court shall be open daily, except on general holidays and public holidays, for such time as the court may direct.
11. The periods of vacation may be varied, and provision may be made for the conduct of the business of the court during vacation, by general rules or orders of court to be made by the Chief Justice, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, and published in the Gazette in the manner prescribed by the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873.
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* As amended by No. 4 of 1933 [17.2.33].
Ordinance No. 3 of 1873.