Report on an Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to amend the Full Court Ordinance, 1912,
and to make further provision for the constitution
of the Full Court.
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The new portions of section which this ordinance has
substituted for the former section 5 of the Full Court Ordinance,
1912, are paragraph (2) and the proviso to paragraph (3).
The object of paragraph (2) is to enable a Full Court of
two Judges to dispose of all applications for leave to appeal
to His Majesty-in-Council. The fact that one of the Judges
who
form the Full Court of three Judges does not reside in
Colony has caused inconvenience on more than one occasion in con- nection with these applications, especially with respect to in- cidental matters arising thereon.
The proviso to paragraph (3) has been introduced with a view to preventing a congestion of non-appealate work which might occur during a long session of the Full Court. As will be seen from the terms of the proviso, it can be applied only if in the opinion of all three Judges the presence of the Judge who se judge ment or order is being appealed from is unnecessary.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
Attorney General,
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