CO129-542-6 Supreme Court Amendment Ordinance- 1933 23-6-1933 - 22-2-1934 — Page 13

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Ordinance No. 8 of

1933.

Chief

Justice and Puisne Judges not to hold

other office of profit. Proviso.

office until he resumes the duties thereof: Provided always that, until such appointment is made, the whole business of the court, except in the hearing of matters required to be heard before the Full Court, shall devolve upon and be transacted by the remaining or continuing Chief Justice or Puisne Judge or Judges.

(3) If in any other case the Governor either for the purposes of the Full Court Ordinance, 1933, or for any other reason considers it desirable that a temporary additional judge or temporary additional judges should be appointed, it shall be lawful for him temporarily to appoint a fit and proper person or persons to be a temporary additional judge or temporary additional judges and to terminate any such appointment as and when he shall think it desirable.

(4) Judges temporarily appointed by the Governor under this section shall be given instruments of appointment under the public seal: Provided that any such instrument, in the case of a judge temporarily appointed for the purposes. of the Full Court Ordinance, 1933, may provide that it shall take effect whenever and as often as the services of the judge may be required by the Chief Justice for the purposes of the said Ordinance: Provided also that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require a special instrument in the case of the Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China when a member of the Full Court under the said Ordinance.

11. No Chief Justice or Puisne Judge shall be capable of accepting or performing any other office or place of profit or emolument not authorised by lawnd any such

· avoidance acceptance or performance shall be ipso facto an of his office of Chief Justice or Puisne Judge Provided that this section shall not apply to a judge temporarily appointed under section 10.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 22nd day of June, 1933.

without the Cousend

A. W. G. H. GRANTHAM,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.