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No. S. 76. The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 28th February, 1920 :-

C.S.0.

[No. 5:—14.2.20.-1.]

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

Amendment

An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court

Ordinance, 1873.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court Amendment. Ordinance, 1929.

2. Section 6 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, of Ordinance is amended by the addition of the following proviso at

the end thereof :-

No. 3 of

1873, s. 6.

Amendment

"Provided that the practice with regard to writs of certiorari, habeas corpus and manda- mus shall be the practice from time to time for the time being in foree in England.”

3. Sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 9 of the of Ordinance Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, are amended by the

substitution in each case of the words-

No. 3 of

1873, s. 9.

Amendment

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save in the case of a judge appointed by the Governor under the provisions of section 10 of this Ordinance or under the provisions of section 5 (3) of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912"

for the words-

save as is provided in section 5 (3) of the Full Court Ordinance, 1912”

4. Section 10 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, of Ordinance 1873, is amended by the addition of the following sub-

section at the end thereof :-

No. 3 of

- 1873, s. 10.

(3) If in any other case the Governor for any reason considers it desirable that a tem- porary judge should be appointed in addition to the judges in the permanent service of the Colony, it shall be lawful for him tempor- arily to appoint a fit and proper person to be a judge, and to terminate any such appoint- ment as and when he shall think it desirable.