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(iv) the summing-up of the judge and the finding of the jury (if any) and the judgment of the court and observations made by the judge in giving judgment :
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) it shall not be lawful to print or publish, or cause or procure to be printed or published, in relation to any such proceedings, any indecent matter or indecent medical, surgical or physiological details being matter or details the publication of which would be calculated to injure public morals.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the printing of any pleading, transcript of evidence or other document for use in connection with any judicial proceedings or the communication thereof to persons concerned in the proceed- ings, or to the printing or publishing of any notice or report in pursuance of the directions of the court; or to the printing or publishing of any matter in any separate volume or part of any bona fide series of law reports which does not form part of any other publication and consists solely of reports of proceedings in courts of law, or in any publication of a technical character bonâ fide intended for circulation among members of the legal or medical professions.
(4) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be liable upon summary conviction to a tine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(5) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney General.
Suits for
47. No person competent to present a petition under sections 4 and 5 shall maintain a suit for criminal conversa- criminal tion with his wife.
conversation abolished.
48.—(1) The Chief Justice may make rules to fix and Power to regulate the fees and costs payable upon all proceedings in make rules. suits under this Ordinance, and also rules concerning the practice and procedure under this Ordinance as he considers expedient.
(2) Such rules may, amongst other things, vary any of the forms in the schedule, or may add new forms thereto.
(3) A copy of such rules made by the Chief Justice under Fules to be this Ordinance, certified under the hand of the Chief Justice, laid before shall be transmitted by him to the Governor, to be laid before Council. the Legislative Council..
Legislative
(4) No rule under this Ordinance shall come into opera- Bringing tion until it has been approved by resolution of the Legislative rules into Council at some meeting thereof subsequent to the meeting at which it was first laid upon the table.
(5) Any rule so approved shall have the same force as though it had been enacted by this Ordinance.
(6) Unless otherwise provided by rule, the fees and costs payable shall be similar to the fees and costs payable in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
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