CO129-542-6 Supreme Court Amendment Ordinance- 1933 23-6-1933 - 22-2-1934 — Page 4

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certain duties outside those of his office, for which

he is to be paid fees in addition to his ordinary

salary, e.g. to hold a special enquiry or to revise

the laws of the Colony. The existence of this Section is forgotten, (Even if it is not, inability to

appoint a Judge for such duties might be inconvenient.)

He performs duties of an office which he was in-

theveins capable of accepting so that anything done by him 7 for which legal authority is necessary might be

ultra vires". Moreover, sometime later the Section

is remembered and it then transpires that he has

not been a Judge since acceptance or performance

of the special duties, so that all judicial acts

performed by him since then are found to be invalid.

The Section should be worded as follows:

11.

No Chief Justice or Puisne Judge

shall accept or perform any other

office or place of profit or emolument

the

not authorised by law without/consent

of the Governor:

Provided that this Section shall not

apply to a Judge temporarily appointed

under Section 10.

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Section 11 is so objectionable that it is

suggested that any Dependency where a similar Enact-

ment is in force should be told that the Secretary of

State's attention has been drawn to this in another

Colony, and should be asked to follow suit.

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