First ColuMN.
6. Supreme Court
Ordinance, 1873- (No. 3 of 1873)
(1) Section 2.
(2) Section 13.
(3) Section 32.
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Second CoLUMN.
(1) Section 2 is amended by the addition of the
following definitions-
"action" means a civil proceeding com- menced by writ of summons or in such other manner as may be
prescribed by enactment;
"cause" means any action, suit or other original proceeding between a plain- tiff and a defendant;
"matter** includes every proceeding in
the court not in a cause;".
(2) Section 13 as enacted by Ordinance No. 25 of
1949 is amended-
(a) by the deletion of the second and third lines of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and the substitution therefor of the fol- lowing
"rules of court or"';
(b) by the deletion in subsections (5), (6) and (8) of the words "rules made under para- graph (a) of subsection (3)" or "rules under paragraph (a) of subsection (3)" wherever they occur in such subsections and the substitution in each place therefor of the following-
"rules of court".
(3) Section 33 is repealed and replaced by the
Collowing-
"Rules of Court,
32. (1) Rules of court
may be made under this Ordinance for the following purposes--
(u) for regulating and prescribing the procedure (including the method of pleading) and the
FIRST COLUMN,
6. Supreme Court
Ordinance, 1873. (No. 3 of 1873- -Contd.
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SECOND COLUMN.
practice to be followed in the Supreme Court (including the Full Court) in all causes and matters whatsoever in or with respect to which such court has for the time being jurisdiction (including the procedure and practice to be followed in the offices of the Supreme Court), and any matters incidental to or relating to any such procedure or practice, including the man ner in which, and the time within which, any applications which are to be made to the court shall be made;
court
(b) for regulating and prescribing the procedure on appeals from any
or person to the Supreme Court or the Full Court, and the procedure in connection with the transfer of proceedings from one jurisdic- tion of the Supreme Court to another;
(e) for prescribing what part of the business which may be tran- sucted and of the jurisdiction which may be exercised by judges in court or in chambers may be transacted or exercised by the Registrar ;
(d) for prescribing the fees and percentages to be taken in any court and for regulating the fees of counsel und the costs of solicitors and the costs of pro- ceedings in any court, and the forms to be used therein;