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shall be called "The Supreme Court of Hongkong," and that the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be a Court of Record.
IV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the Law Law of England to of England shall be in full force in the said Colony of Hong- kong, except where the same shall be inapplicable to the local circumstances of the said Colony, or of its inhabitants; and that in all matters relating to the practice and proceedings of the said Supreme Court, the practice of the English Courts shall be in force, unless and until otherwise ordered by Rule of the said Court.
Court.
Constitution of V. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall consist of, and be holden by, and before, a Judge to be called the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and to be appointed by Letters Patent under the Public Seal of the Colony from time to time by the Governor of Hongkong, in accordance with such instructions as he may receive from Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors; and such Chief Justice shall hold his Office during the pleasure of Her said Majesty, subject to suspension by the Governor in like manner as other Officers in the said Colony: Provided that in case the said Office of Chief Justice shall become vacant by death or other- wise, it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint another fit and proper person to fill the said Office of Chief Justice, until her said Majesty's pleasure be known; or in case of the tem- porary illness or absence of the Chief Justice, it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint another fit and proper person to fill the said office of Chief Justice until the Chief Justice shall resume the duties of his said office.
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Seal of the Court.
VI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the said Supreme Court shall have and use, as occasion may require, a Seal, bearing a device and impression of the Royal Arms, within an exergue or label surrounding the same, with this inscription, "The Seal of the Supreme Court of Hongkong," and all writs and other process issuing out of the said Court shall be sealed therewith.
Judges to hold
VII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That no Judge no other Office of of the said Supreme Court shall be capable of accepting, profit.
taking, or performing, any other Office or Place of profit or emolument, on pain that the acceptance of any such other Office or Place as aforesaid, shall be and be deemed in Law de facto an avoidance of his Office of Judge, and the Salary thereof shall cease, and be deemed to have ceased accordingly, from the time of such acceptance of any such other Office or Place.
VIII.
VIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That there shall be and belong to the said Supreme Court the following Officers, that is to say, a Registrar, a Clerk, and an Interpre- ter thereof, and such, and so many other Officers, as to the Governor, or Acting Governor for the time being, of the said Colony, shall from time to time appear to be necessary for the administration of Justice, and the due execution of all the Powers and Authorities which are granted and committed to the said Court by this Ordinance.
Officers of the Court.
Officers how to
IX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the seve- ral Superior Officers of the said Court, who now are, or here. hold Office. after
may be appointed to their said Offices by Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, shall hold their several Offices during the pleasure of Her said Majesty, subject to suspension by the Governor, in like manner as other Officers in the said Colony; and that all other Officers, shall be removable from their several Offices in the said Court by the Governor, or Acting Governor for the time being, upon reasonable cause.
Admission of
X. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the said Supreme Court is hereby authorized and empowered to Barristers and At- approve, admit, and enrol such persons as shall have been ad- tornies. mitted Barristers or Advocates in Great Britain or Ireland, to practise as Barristers; and such persons as shall have been admitted as Solicitors, Attornies, or Writers in one of the Courts at Westminster, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or as Proctors in any Ecclesiastical Court in England, or who shall have served for a period of three years as an articled Clerk to 211y Solici- tor, Attorney, or Proctor, actually practising as such within the Colony of Hongkong, or shall have been admitted as Solici- tors, Attornies, or Proctors, in any other of Her Majesty's British Colonies, to practise as Solicitors, Attornies, and Proc- tors in the said Court; subject nevertheless to be removed and struck off from the rolls of the said Court, upon reasonable
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XI. Provided always, and be it further enacted and ordain- Fit persons to ed, That in case there shall not be a sufficient number of Bar- be admitted risters, Solicitors, Attornies, and Proctors within the said months in case of practise for three Colony, competent and willing to appear and act for the sui necessity. tors of the said Supreme Court, it shall be lawful for the said Court, and the said Court is hereby authorized, to admit tem- porarily so many other fit and proper persons to appear and act as Barristers, Solicitors, Attornies, and Proctors, as may be necessary, according to such Rules and Regulations as the said Court shall, for that purpose, make and establish: Pro- vided that the persons so admitted shall be admitted for a period of three inonths only, and shall not be readmitted with- out obvious necessity.
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