SUPREME COURT (VACATIONS) ORDINANCE, 1898

SUPREME COURT (VACATIONS) ORDINANCE, 1898

No. 5 of 1898.
An ordinance for the establishment of vacations in the
Supreme Court.
[1st December, 1898.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court
(Vacations) Ordinance, 1898.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.





2. In this Ordinance, public holiday and general
holiday have the meanings respectively assigned to such
expressions by the Holidays ordinance, 1912.

3. The following vacations shall. be observed in each year
in the Supreine Conrt and. the ofEces conneeted therewith,
nakely, the long vacation, the Chnstnias vacation, the chinese
New Year vacation, and the easter vacation.

4.--(1) The long vacation shall commence on the 20th
day of September and terminate on the 17th day of October.
The Christmas vacation shall cornmence on the 24th day of
December and terminate on the 1st day of Janurary. The
Chinese New Year vacation shall commence on the first day
of the Chinese New Year and terminate on the fifth day of
such New Year. The Easter vacation shall commence on
Good Friday and terminate on the Thursday in Easter week:

Provided that, if the Chinese hereafter adopt the Gregorian
Calendar, the Chinese Year vacation shall be abolished
and the Christmas vacation shall be extended and terminate
on the third week-day in January.

(2) The days of the commencement and termination of
each vacation shall be included in such vacation.

5. The Supreme Court and the offices connected therewith
shall be open during vacation (except on general holidays
and public holidays) for the purpose of holding the ordinary
criminal sessions and any special criminal sessions and the
transaction of all business incidental thereto, and also for the
purpose of issuing writs and of transacting any business
under the provisions of section 6.

6. The court shall during vacation hear and determine all
such applications as may require to be immediately or
promptly heard, and all applications for summary judgment,
and all actions or matters in the summary jurisdiction of the,
court: Provided always that the hearing. of any action or
matter in the summary jurisdiction of the court may be
adjourned over vacation, on reasonable cause being shown
to the satisfaction of the court.

As amended by Law. Rev, Ord., 1924,

7. Every act, matter, or thing done in vacation shall be as
valid to all intents and purposes as if done out of vacation.

8. No pleading shall be filed during vacation except by
order of a judge in special circumstances.

9. Where by any enactment regulating civil procedure, or
by any special order of the court, any limited time, not
exceeding one month, is appointed or allowed for the doing
of any act, or the taking of any proceeding, no days included
in a vacation shall be reckoned in the computation of such
time, unless the court otherwise. directs.

10. During vacation there shall be at least one Judge in
the Colony, and the offices of the Supreme Court shall be
open daily, except on general holidays and public holidays,
for such time as the court may direct.

11. the periods of vacation may be varied, and provision
may be made for the conduct of the bosiness of the court
during vacation, by general rules ororders of court to be, made
by the chief justice, subject to the approval of the Legislative
council, and published in the gazette in the matter
prescribed by the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873.
[Originally No. 16 of 1898. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 5 of 1912. Vacations in the Supreme Court. Commencement and termination of vacations. Opening of court and offices in vacation for certain purposes. Hearing in vacation of certain applications: summary jurisdiction. Validity of act done in vacation. Filing of pleading in vacation. Vacation not included in computation of time. Vacation judge; office hours. Power to vary vacation and regulate business. Ordinance No. 3 of 1873.

[Originally No. 16 of 1898. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Ordinance No. 5 of 1912. Vacations in the Supreme Court. Commencement and termination of vacations. Opening of court and offices in vacation for certain purposes. Hearing in vacation of certain applications: summary jurisdiction. Validity of act done in vacation. Filing of pleading in vacation. Vacation not included in computation of time. Vacation judge; office hours. Power to vary vacation and regulate business. Ordinance No. 3 of 1873.

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