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given to either His Honour the Puique Judge, who has just returned from vacation leave, or, in default of him.
default of to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Now in the ciclereets of the public Aducínistration of justice I formally protest against either of the gouttesen in question being appointed.
That His Honour the Puiene Judge should accept the excting appointurent is, in the first place, illegal. It is distically forbidden by Section 13 of the Seepreme Court Ordinance, 1873. "" That Section"
to followr : ""No Judge of the supreme.
is as
"Court shall be capable of accepting, taking
H
or
• performing any
of profit
by
law on
any
other office or place
or emolument not authorised
pain that the acceptance of
such other
office
or place as
"
aforesaid shall be and be decused in
"low de facto
an avoidance of
office of Judge
shall cease
and
of his.
the
salary there of
accordingly from the time "of such acceptance of such other +
office or place."
it were not illegal for
Even if it
the
Puisue Judge to take
any
other office or
place it would be open to very grave objection.
in all
Your Excellency has always and things been a strictly constitutional or and I submit to you
Governor
that it is
opposed to all constitutional principle that a Judge should temporarily
descend
arena
from the Beuch into the
of forensic strife, become
ealaried government official,
fees,
receive
hold annual retainers and be
Arrican
aforesaid