408 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1858 .
Imperial Acts and Rules- Extension.
Courts and 2. The said extended enactments shall be so construed, as to enable the pro
officers here
may execute visions thereof to be executed and enforced by any Courts and officers respectively
the extended
-enactments.
(howsoever designated) , having or exercising the same or similar or analogous functions
to those belonging to, or exerciseable by, the Courts and officers respectively (howsoever
designated) to which the said enactments relate : And all powers vested in any Superior
Court, or Judge, or officer, by any of the hereby extended enactments , shall be deemed
to be hereby respectively vested in the said Supreme Court and its officers.
Courts of Probate 3. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Supreme Court shall be deemed to be
and Divorce, &c.
the " Court of Probate," and " The Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes ;" and also
(in its Summary Jurisdiction ) a " County Court."
-Construction of 4. The sections of the Act of the twenty-first year of the Queen, chapter seventy
21 Vict. c. 77.
seven , numbered from fifty-four to sixty both inclusive, shall be read and construed as
though the value of one thousand dollars were substituted therein for the respective
values of two hundred pounds and three hundred pounds , therein expressed.
Special provision 5. Persons employed in the Police Force of this Colony, under the rank of
for Policemen.
Inspector , and dying here whilst so employed, shall not be deemed to be within the
meaning of the last two sections ; but the Superintendent of Police for the time being
is hereby constituted the Official Administrator of their estates, and required to get
in and administer the same with the sanction of the Colonial Secretary, and within
one month after the decease of any such person to certify the same, and the amount
in value of the estate and effects of such persons, by certificate under his hand to the
Registrar of the Supreme Court, for registry in the said Court of Probate.
Rules and Orders 6. All rules of Court, orders of Court, and tables of fees, made or published, or
and tables of fees
published by the to be made or published by the proper Courts in England , and in force there under the
English Courts.
enactments hereby extended, or any of them , may be recognized and adopted as ap
licable to this Colony by the said Supreme Court.
The like when 7. If the said Court shall make or publish any rules of Court, orders of Court, or
published by the
Supreme Court. tables of fees, under the said enactments , other than such as are mentioned in section 6
of this Ordinance , the same shall be laid before and approved by the Legislative Council
in the usual manner, before being carried into effect.
Repeal of 8. Sections 16 to 20, both inclusive, of the Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, are hereby
Ordinance No.
6 of 1815, ss. 16 repealed.
to 20.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS .
IMPERIAL ENACTMENTS.
Date ofthe Act. Title or Subject matter ofthe Act. Extent of operation intended to be hereby
given to the Act.
19 Vict. c. 117. | Principal Officers of the Ordinance. The whole of the Act.
20 Vict. c. 47. The Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1856. Sections 14, 28 to 31 , both inclusive ; 41 to 47,
both inclusive ; 53 to 57, both inclusive ;
the whole of part 3 and section 115.