THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
NEW BODY TO ADVISE GOVERNOR ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ******
THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PASSED ON OCTOBER 23, 1975, WILL COME INTO OPERATION WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (FEBRUARY 20).
THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON APPOINTMENTS TO ALL JUDICIAL OFFICES. THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO ADVISE ON OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING JUDICIAL OFFICERS WHICH ARE REFERRED TO IT BY THE GOVERNOR.
THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION WILL BE THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
IN ADDITION, HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED THE HON. SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES, C.B.E., E.D., J.P., MR. PATRICK S.S. YU, J.P., AND MR. RONALD W.H. WONG TO BE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MR. J.R. OLIVER, J.P., REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN APPOINTED SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION.
NEW COURTS TO BE SET UP ******
THE SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE 1975 WILL COME INTO OPERATION TOMORROW (FRIDAY). THIS ORDINANCE WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE AND THE FULL COURT ORDINANCE.
BY THE SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE 1975 THERE WILL BE A SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE CONSISTING OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE COURT OF APPEAL.
THE COURT OF APPEAL WILL CONSIST OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND SUCH JUSTICES OF APPEAL AS THE GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED THE HON. MR. JUSTICE HUGGINS AND THE HON. MR. JUSTICE PICKERING TO ACT AS THE FIRST JUSTICES OF APPEAL.
THE HIGH COURT WILL NOW CONSIST OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE REMAINING PUISNE JUDGES OF THE EXISTING SUPREME COURT.
THE NEW COURTS WILL SIT FOR THE FIRST TIME TOMORROW (FRIDAY) MORNING,
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