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CAP. 87]

Legal Officers

[1989 Ed.

6. Attorney General to act as Queen's Proctor

The Attorney General shall exercise and discharge so far as regards any proceedings over which the courts of the Colony have jurisdiction by or by virtue of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap. 179), the rights and duties which in England are customarily exercised and discharged by the Queen's Proctor.

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

(1) The Attorney General may, subject to any special instructions of the Governor, authorize any legal officer to exercise and discharge any of the rights and duties which the Attorney General is by law or by any enactment to which this section applies entitled to exercise or required to discharge.

8.

(2) The enactments to which this section applies are-

(a) any enactment passed before the commencement of this Ordinance; and

(b) any enactment passed after the commencement of this Ordinance which does not expressly provide that this section shall not apply thereto.

(Repealed 13 of 1979 s. 3)

9. Evidence of signature

Any certificate or document purporting to be given or made in the exercise or discharge of any of the rights and duties-

(a) which the Attorney General is by law or any enactment entitled to exercise or discharge; or

(b) which any legal officer is authorized under section 7 to exercise or discharge,

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 or of such legal officer, as the case may be.

(Replaced 13 of 1979 s. 4)

10. Fees and costs

(1) The Chief Justice may make rules providing either generally or specially for the fees and costs of legal officers in contentious and non-contentious matters:

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