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6 REGULA GENERALIS .


said Supreme Court, as hereinafter provided ; and such Sittings
shall commence on the First Day of February, the First Day of
April, the First Day of June, and the First Day of December, and
shall terminate on the Fourteenth Day of each of such Months
respectively : Provided, that whenever either of the said Days shall
commence or end upon a Sunday, the Sittings shall commence on
the Monday following, or end on the Saturday preceding : Provided
also, that if at any Time it shall appear to the said Court necessary
or expedient that the Court should sit for the Purposes aforesaid
oftener than above mentioned, it shall be lawful for the said Court
so to do, upon giving reasonable Notice thereof.

Criminal Sessions. III. That there shall be Five Sessions in every Year for the
Despatch of the Criminal Business of the said Supreme Court ; the
said Sessions to commence on the Fifteenth Day of February, the
Fifteenth Day of April, the Fifteenth Day of July, the Fifteenth
Day of October, and the Fifteenth Day of December, in every Year,
and shall terminate on the Last Day of each of such Months re-
spectively : Provided, that whenever either of the said Days shall
happen to commence or end upon a Sunday, the Sessions shall
commence on the Monday following, or end on the Saturday preced-
ing : Provided also, that if at any Time it shall appear to the said
Court necessary or expedient that an additional Criminal Session
should be held at any other Period, it shall be lawful for the said
Court so to hold the same, upon giving reasonable Notice thereof.


Sittingsat Chambers. IV. That Parties shall be at Liberty to apply to the Chief
Justice or other Judge of the said Supreme Court at Chambers for
time to plead leave to amend, and such other Matters as may be
brought before him by any Rule or Order of the said Court ; and
that the Mode of procuring the Attendance of any Party before the
said Chief Justice or other Judge at Chambers , shall be by Summons,
to be taken out from the Registrar's Office, which Summons shall
state the Names and Description of the Parties, and the Object of
the Attendance, and shall be signed by the Registrar or his Deputy.

Office Hours and V. That the Offices of the said Supreme Court shall be open
Holidays. every Day during Term, between the Hours of Ten in the Morning
and Four in the Afternoon, and out of Term, between the Hours of
Ten in the Morning and Three in the Afternoon, except upon Sundays,
and the Holidays hereinafter mentioned ; and the Registrar or his
Deputy shall be in Attendance at such Offices between the Hours
aforesaid for the issuing of Processes, the filing of Affidavits, Petitions,
Declarations, Pleas, Answers, and other Pleadings, and granting
Copies thereof, and for doing and performing all other necessary
Acts, Duties, and Things in the said Offices : and the Holidays in
the said Offices shall be New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter
Monday, Her Majesty's Birthday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, the
Anniversary of Her Majesty's Coronation, and Christmas Day, and
the Day after.

2.- PRACTICE AND PLEADING .

Commencement of VI. That all Suits and Actions of a Common Law Nature shall
Actions.
be commenced in the said Supreme Court by Summons, or other
Process