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Judges to hold no other offices of profit.
Officers of the Court.
Appointments and removal of inferior officers.
Superior officers how to hold office.
Admission of barristers and attornies.
ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844.
Supreme Court.
other process issuing out of the Court shall be sealed therewith; Provided that, until such seal can be procured, such writs and process shall be valid if signed by the Registrar.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that no Judge of the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be capable of accepting, taking, or performing, any other office, or place, of profit, or emolument, on pain that the acceptance of any such other office, or place as aforesaid, shall be and be deemed in law de facto an avoidance of his office of Judge, and the salary thereof shall cease, and be deemed to have ceased accordingly, from the time of such acceptance of any such other office or place.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that there shall be and belong to the said Court the following officers; that is to say, a Registrar, a clerk, and an interpreter thereof, and such, and so many other officers, as to the Chief Justice of the said Court for the time being, shall from time to time appear to be necessary for the administration of justice, and the due execution of all the powers and authorities which are granted and committed to the said Court by this Ordinance; and that all persons who shall or may be appointed to any subordinate office within the said Supreme Court of Hongkong, shall be so appointed by the Chief Justice of the said Court for the time being, and shall be removable at the discretion of the said Chief Justice: Provided nevertheless, that no new office shall be created in the said Court, unless the Governor, or Acting Governor for the time being, of the said Colony, shall first signify his approbation thereof to the said Chief Justice for the time being, in writing, under the hand of such Governor, or Acting Governor as aforesaid.
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the several superior officers of the said Court, who now are, or hereafter may be appointed to their said offices by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall hold their several offices during the pleasure of Her said Majesty, subject to suspension by the Governor, in like manner as other officers in the said Colony; and that all other superior officers, appointed with the approbation of the Governor as aforesaid, shall be removable from their several offices in the said Court by the Governor, upon reasonable cause.
9. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said Supreme Court of Hongkong is hereby authorized and empowered, to approve, admit, and enrol such and so many persons having been admitted barristers at law, or advocates in Great Britain and Ireland, to act as barristers and advocates; or having been admitted writers, attornies, or solicitors, in one of the Courts at Westminster, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or having been admitted as proctors in any Ecclesiastical Court in England, to act in the character of proctors, attornies, and solicitors in the said Court; and which persons so approved, admitted, and enrolled as aforesaid, shall be, and are hereby authorized to appear, and plead, and act, in their several respective characters, for the suitors of the said Court, subject always to be removed by the said Court, from their respective stations therein, upon reasonable cause: and it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that no other person or persons whatsoever shall be allowed to appear, and plead, or act in the said Supreme Court of Hongkong for, and on behalf of such suitors, or any of them.
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Judges to hold no other offices of profit.
Officers of the Court.
Appointments and removal of inferior officers.
Superior officers how to hold office.
Admission of barristers and attornies.
ORDINANCE No. 15 OF 1844.
Supreme Court.
other process issuing out of the Court shall be sealed therewith; Provided that, until such seal can be procured, such writs and process shall be valid if signed by the Registrar. 6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that no Judge of the said Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be capable of accepting, "taking, or performing, any other office, or place, of profit, or emolument, on pain that the acceptance of any such other office, or place as aforesaid, shall be and be deemed in law de facto an avoidance of his office of Judge, and the salary thereof shall cease, and be deemed to have ceased accordingly, from the time of such acceptance of any such other office or place.
7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that there shall be and belong to the said. Court the following officers; that is to say, a Registrar, a clerk, and an interpreter thereof, and such, and so many other officers, as to the Chief Justice of the said Court for the time being, shall from time to time appear to be necessary for the administration of justice, and the due execution of all the powers and authorities which are granted. and committed to the said Court by this Ordinance; and that all persons who shall or may be appointed to any subordinate office within the said Supreme Court of Hongkong, shall be so appointed by the Chief Justice of the said Court for the time being, and shall be removable at the discretion of the said Chief Justice: Provided nevertheless, that no new office shall be created in the said Court, unless the Governor, or Acting Governor for the time being, of the said Colony, shall first signify his approbation thereof to the said Chief Justice for the time being, in writing, under the hand of such Governor, or Acting Governor as aforesaid.
8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the several superior officers of the said Court, who now are, or hereafter may be appointed to their said offices by Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, shall hold their several offices during the pleasure of Her said Majesty, subject to suspension by the Governor, in like manner as other officers in the said Colony; and that all other superior officers, appointed with the approbation of the Governor as aforesaid, shall be removable from their several offices in the said Court by the Governor, upon reasonable cause.
9. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the said Supreme Court of Hongkong is hereby authorized and empowered, to approve, admit, and enrol such and so many persons having been admitted barristers at law, or advocates in Great Britain and Ireland, to act as barristers and advocates; or having been admitted writers, attornies, or solicitors, in one of the Courts at Westminster, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or having been admitted as proctors in any Ecclesiastical Court in England, to act in the character of proctors, attornies, and solicitors in the said Court; and which persons so approved, admitted, and enrolled as aforesaid, shall be, and are hereby authorized to appear, and plead, and act, in their several respective characters, for the suitors of the said Court, subject always to be removed by the said Court, from their respective stations therein, upon reasonable cause: and it is hereby further enacted and ordained, that no other person or persons whatsoever shall be allowed to appear, and plead, or act in the said Supreme Court of Hongkong for, and on behalf of such suitors, or any of them.
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