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Rights and privileges of

Attorney General and Solicitor

eral.

Attorney General

to act as King's Procter.

Ordinance

No. 35 of 1932.

Attorney General may authorize a legal officer to discharge duties vested or imposed on

Attorney General,

Solicitor General may act for

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2.

5. The Attorney General and the Solicitor General shall be

entitled in the Courts of the Colony to the same rights as are

enjoyed in England by the Attorney General and Solioltor General

of England respectively.

6. The rights and duties of the King's Proctor in England

shall so far as regards any proceedings over which the Courts of

the Colony have jurisdiction by or by virtue of the Divorce Ordinance,

1932, be exercised and discharged by the Attorney General.

7. The Attorney General may subject to any contrary provision

contained in any enactment and to any special instructions of the

Governor authorize any legal officer to exercise and discharge any

of the rights and duties which he is by law or by any enactment

entitled to exercise or required to discharge,

8. Whenever in any enactment (including this enactment) the

Attorney General. expression "Attorney General" occurs the Solicitor General shall

where the context permits also be intended : Provided that save

where the Attorney General is absent or incapable of a cting, the

Solicitor General shall exercise and discharge such only of the

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Evidence of signature of

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rights and duties required to be exercised and discharged by the

Attorney General as the Attorney General may, subject to the

instructions of the Goveɛnor, assign to him. Nothing herein contained

shall be deened to require the production of any evidence that an

assignment of rights or duties has in fact been made.

9.

Any certificate purporting to be a certificate given by the

Attorney General. Attorney General under the provisions of section 4 hereof and any

document purporting to bear the fiat of or express the consent of the

Attorney General shall be received as prima facie evidence in any

proceeding without proof being given that the signature to such

certificate or document is that of the Attorney General.

Substitution of Attorney General for Crown.

Solicitor.

10. #henever in any enactment reference is made to the Crown

Solicitor there shall be substituted a reference to the Attorney

General.