SUPREME COURT VACATION ORDINANCE

SUPREME COURT VACATION ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 11 0F 1866.

Supreme Court Vacation.

No. 11 of 1866.

Title. An Ordinance for altering the Time of the Vacation of the Supreme
Court,

and to provide for the granting of Interim Injunctions in case of the
Absence or Illness of the Chief Justice.

(22nd August, 1866..

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative
Council thereof, as follows:-

Ordinance No. fi
of 1869 repealed.

No transaction
of business by
the Supreme
curt, &c.,
between the 20t)i~
August and the
12th October.

1. Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 is hereby repealed.

2, Except for the purpose of granting interim injunctions and dissolving
the-
same, issuing writs, receiving petitions or completing any sessions,
hearing, inquiry or
trial actually commenced on or before the day next hereinafter mentioned,
to business
shall be transacted by the Supreme Court, or the offices connected
therewith, from the
evening of the twentieth day o£ August in each year until the morning of
the twelfth
day of October then next following.

section a of $, Section 3 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865 is hereby amended by
substituting the -
Ordinance No. 3 -
of 1886 amended. word 11 September ' for the word °1 October.'
Provision for the 4. In case of the temporary absence or illness of the
Chief Justice or of the person
granting of
interim during t h° for the time being exercising that office, it shall be
lawful for the Judge of the Court of
tun°m °' absence Summer Jurisdiction, or the person for the time being
exercising that office or in case
of the Chief y p g
Justice, of the temporary absence or illness of such last mentioned
persons then for the Registrar

of the Supremo Court, or the person for the time being exorcising that
office, to exercise-
all the powers possessed by the Chief Justice in relation to the granting
of interim
injunctions and dissolving the same: Provided that no interim injunction
granted by
the Chief Justice shall be dissolved under the powers herein contained.

Commencement 5, This Ordinance shall come into force and tape effect on
such day as shall here-
of Ordinance.
after be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.

[In force from flee 25th August 1866 under proclamation of the same dote.

Repealed b'y Ordinance .1'0..1 of 18G9.]
924
Title.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 repealed.
No transactionof business by the Surpeme Court, &c., between the 20th August and the 12th October.
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865 amended.
Provision for the granting of interim injunctions during the illness or absence of the Chief Justice.
Commencement of Ordinance.

924
Title.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1859 repealed.
No transactionof business by the Surpeme Court, &c., between the 20th August and the 12th October.
Section 3 of Ordinance No. 3 of 1865 amended.
Provision for the granting of interim injunctions during the illness or absence of the Chief Justice.
Commencement of Ordinance.

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