Full Court.
CHAPTER 2.
FULL COURT.
To amend and consolidate the Full Court Ordinances.
[24th March, 1933.]
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8 of 1933.
17 of 1937. 10 of 1939. 15 of 1950,
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Full Court Ordinance.
Short title.
Interpretation.
2. In this Ordinance- "judge" includes any judge of the Supreme Court whether
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appointed to act temporarily or not and, if and so long as provision exists in the law of the Colony of Singapore enabling the Chief Justice of Singapore to be or to be declared to be a member of the Full Court, the Chief Justice of Singapore.
and
3. (1) There shall be a Full Court which shall as
Constitution
occasion requires be constituted either by two or three judges
precedence.
as the Chief Justice may direct and shall be composed of
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such judges as the Chief Justice may direct.
(2) The judges shall take precedence in the following order
(a) the Chief Justice;
(b) the Chief Justice of Singapore;
(c) the Puisne Judges according to the priority of their
respective appointments;
(d) persons appointed to act temporarily as judges according to the priority of their respective appointments.
(3) The Chief Justice shall be ex officio President of the Full Court. Provided that when any court is composed without the Chief Justice the President of the court shall be determined by the order of precedence prescribed by subsection (2).
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judges differ.
4. (1) Where a Full Court consisting of three judges
Rule where
sits, the judgment or order of any two of them shall be deemed the judgment or order of the Full Court. If no two of such judges agree as to the judgment or order to be made,
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