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the report of the Auditor General on
L-I L
the
of the points raised Secretary of State's despatch no 141 of the 30th of October, 1879 ie the Officers of the Supreme Court I think sought
12t
this Letter separably to refer to it. In paragraph 11 of that
the framing of rules
as to
Despatch
under Ordinance 11. 13 of 1873,
If it be not a
A
failure.
complete code it is
Sir Julien Pauncefote Janneefde
responsible for the Code and
is alone
he is
credit of
entitled to the very great credit
having framed
a
Code
so
complete
as it is. I am not aware that any serious
deficiencies have arisen within the
13 The
scope of this Code
Colonial Secretary does me
the justice
to suppose
that I have not neglected
to remedy defects
in
these rules.
As
he observes that the Ordinance itself
purports to prescribe all that is
necessary for
the
Conduct of Causes
before the Court. Such is its object; its designation is "Code of Civil Procedure :
CL
which through
the Kindness of its compiler I had ample opportunities for considering
and
discussing with him before
it was completed and of which on
its passing
I expressed unbounded
approval which after long
experience
as a
Lawyer Knows
to be so small a
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Code
Dec.
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