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practicable, apply to such parts as are printed locally and suck as are to be printed in England respectively.
139. The reasons given by the Judge, or any of the Judges, for or against any judgment pronounced in the course of the proceedings out of which the Appeal arises, shall, unless they are included in the Record, be communicated in writing by such Judge or Judges to the Registrar and shall by him be trans- mitted to the Registrar of the Privy Council at the same time when the Record is transmitted.
140. Where there are two or more applications for leave to appeal arising out of the same matter, and the Full Court is of opinion that it would be for the convenience of the Lords of the Judicial Committee and all parties concerned that the Appeals should be consolidated, the Court may direct the appeals to be con- solidated, and grant leave to appeal by a single order.
141. An appellant, who has obtained an order granting him conditional leave to appeal, may at any time prior to the making of an order granting him final leave to appeal withdraw his appeal on such terms as to costs and otherwise as the Full Court may direct.
142. Where an appellant, having obtained an order granting him conditional leave to appeal, and having complied with the conditions imposed on him by such order, fails thereafter to apply with due diligence to the Full Court for an order granting him final leave to appeal, the Court may, on an application in that behalf made by the respondent, rescind the order granting con- ditional leave to appeal, notwithstanding the appellant's com- pliance with the conditions imposed by such order, and may give such directions as to the costs of the Appeal and the security entered into by the appellant as the Court shall think fit, or make such further or other order in the premises as, in the opinion. of the Court, the justice of the case requires.
143. On an application for final leave to appeal, the Full Court may inquire whether notice, or sufficient notice, of the applica- tion has been given by the appellant to all parties con- cerned, and, if not satisfied as to the notices given, may defer the granting of the final leave to appeal, or may give such other directions in the matter as, in the opinion of the Court, the justice of the case requires.
144. An appellant who has obtained final leave to appeal shall prosecute his appeal in accordance with the rules for the time being regulating the general practice and procedure in Appeals to His Majesty in Council.
145. Where an appellant, having obtained final leave to appeal, desires, prior to the dispatch of the Record to England, to withdraw his appeal, the Full Court may, upon an appli- cation in that behalf made by the appellant, grant him a certifi- cate to the effect that the Appeal has been withdrawn, and the Appeal shall thereupon be deemed, as from the date of such certificate, to stand dismissed without express Order of His Majesty in Council, and the costs of the Appeal and the security
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entered into by the appellant shall be dealt with in such manner as the Court may direct.
146. Where an appellant, having obtained final leave to appeal, fails to show due diligence in taking all necessary steps for the purpose of procuring the dispatch of the Record to England, the respondent may, after giving the appellant due notice of his intended application, apply to the Full Court for a certificate that the Appeal has not been effectually prose- cuted by the appellant, and if the Court sees fit to grant such a certificate, the Appeal shall be deemed, as from the date of such certificate, to stand dismissed for non-prosecution without express Order of His Majesty in Council, and the costs of the Appeal and the security entered into by the appellant shall be dealt with in such manner as the Court may direct.
147. Where at any time between the Order granting final leave to appeal and the dispatch of the Record to England the Record becomes defective by reason of the death, or change of status, of a party to the Appeal, the Full Court may, not- withstanding the order granting final leave to appeal, on an application in that behalf made by any person interested, grant a certificate showing who, in the opinion of the Court, is the proper person to be substituted or entered on the Record in place of, or in addition to, the party who has died, or undergone a change of status, and the name of such person shall thereupon be deemed to be so substituted or entered on the Record aforesaid without express Order of His Majesty in Council.
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148. Where the Record subsequently to its despatch to England becomes defective by reason of the death, or change of status, of a party to the Appeal, the Full Court shall, upon an applica- tion in that behalf made by any person interested, cause a certifi- cate to be transmitted to the Registrar of the Privy Council showing who, in the opinion of the Court, is the proper person to be substituted, or entered, on the Record, in place of, or in addi- tion to, the party who has died or undergone a change of status 149. The case of each party to the Appeal may be printed either locally or in England, and shall, in either event, be printed in accordance with the rules in the First Schedule to this Order, every tenth line thereof being numbered in the margin, and shall be signed by at least one of the counsel who attends at the hear- ing of the Appeal, or by the party himself if he conducts his Appeal in person,
150. The Case shall consist of paragraphs numbered consecu- tively, and shall state, as concisely as possible, the circumstances out of which the Appeal arises, the contentions to be urged by the party lodging the same, and the reasons of appeal. References by page and line to the relevant portions of the Record as printed shall, as far as practicable, be printed in the margin, and care shall be taken to avoid, as far as possible, the reprinting in the Case of long extracts from the Records. The taxing officer, in taxing the costs of the Appeal, shall, either of his own motion, or at the instance of the opposite party, inquire
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