CO129-542-6 Supreme Court Amendment Ordinance- 1933 23-6-1933 - 22-2-1934 — Page 14

Enclosure No. 2.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong

23rd June,

1933 ·

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No

12

of 1933.

14

62807/29

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, intituled an Ordinance to amend further the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not

contrary to the Governor's instructions.

2.

This Ordinance repeals sections 9, 10 and 11 of the principal Ordinance, No. 3 of 1873, as amended by Ordinance

No.1 of 1929, and re-enacts them in a redrafted form which

clarifies the procedure and effect of the appointment of

permanent and temporary judges of the Supreme Court.

3.

In the new section 9 the old sub-sections (2) and (3)

as amended in 1929 are redrafted and consolidated as sub-

section (2).

4. In the new sub-section 10 (1) the words "In case the office of the Chief Justice or of any Puisne Judge" are

substituted for the words "In case the office of any judge in the permanent service of the Colony", and correspondingly alterations have been made in sub-section 10 (2).