Amendment
of section 12.
(Cap. 41.
Validation
of previous
retro- spective appoint- monta.
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2. Section 12 of the Supreme Court Ordinance is amended by the addition, after subsection (3), of the following new subsection--
"(3) Any appointment made under the provisions of subsection (2) may be given effect from a date anterior to that of the Letters Patent by which it is made z
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Provided that nothing herein shall be deemed authorize the discharge of any judicial functions by any person so appointed before the date of the Letters Patent or before the requirements of section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance have been fulfilled.".
3.
Any appointment made under subsection (2) of section 1s of the Supreme Court Ordinance before the commencement of this Ordinance and expressed to have. retrospective effect shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if it had been made under section 12 as amended by this Ordinance.
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Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 28th day of May, 1958.
HONG KONG
No. 18 of 1958.
Dary
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretaria GR20/3231/52)
I assent.
Governor.
29th May, 1958.
An Ordinance to amend the District Court Ordinance, 1953.
[30th May, 1958.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the District Court Short title. (Amendment) Ordinance, 1958.