Libel
for Likit sepon foreigners out of the Jurisdiction, and as to Costs recoverable by and from the brown, I think it
would be desirable to repeal Section 3
A
of Ordinance t 44 of 1857 relating
to brown Costs (which is very
loosely worded) and to frass distinct Ordinance on the subject founded on the Imperial Act 18
and 19
ho. c.
ε. go.
90. so as
to remove
any possibility of Costs being again. dierced against the known, by the Chief Justice in a Criminal base -
With regard to the
Law of Libel upon Foreigners out of the Jurisdiction, Shave draftedt a section, which I send herewith.
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But I would suggest that the enactment should be postponed
until some new Ordinance. is passed in relation to the briminal .
Law; for possibly the Chief Justion
may
in the meanwhile upon
further consideration abandon: the view expiressed by him in the base of Thig . & Souza, and
there is in the meanwhile
a)
remedy by lervil Action, either in The Supreme Court, or in the Court of Summary Jurischiation
The
new Ordinance N. Z
of 1869 now provides the remedy. of Criminal Information, by the Manter
of the Crown Office, and
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