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United Nations — Treaty Series
1970
- (3) Anything done before Malaysia Day in or in connection with or with a view to any proceedings in the Court of Appeal of the Federation, or of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei, or of Singapore, or the Court of Criminal Appeal in Singapore, shall on and after that day be of the like effect as if that court were one and the same court with the Federal Court.
- (4) Anything done before Malaysia Day in or in connection with or with a view to any proceedings in the High Court of the Federation, or of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei, or of Singapore shall on and after that day be of the like effect as if those High Courts were respectively one and the same court with the High Court in Malaya, the High Court in Borneo and the High Court in Singapore.
- (5) Where in any court mentioned in sub-section (3) or (4) the hearing of a case has been begun but the case has not finally been disposed of before Malaysia Day, and any judge sitting to deal with the case does not on Malaysia Day become a judge of the court in which the further proceedings in the case are to be had under that sub-section, he shall in relation to the case have the same powers as if he had for the purpose thereof been duly appointed to act as judge of that court.
- (6) References in this section to things done in connection with proceedings in a court shall include appeals from the court or a judge thereof, and shall apply to appeals to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ; and any appeal to Her Britannic Majesty from the Supreme Court of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei or from the Supreme Court of Singapore or Court of Criminal Appeal in Singapore, and anything done with a view to such an appeal, shall for the purpose of making it effective under this section be treated as an appeal to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or, as the case may be, as done with a view to such an appeal.
- (7) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-sections (3) and (4), all records of the courts there mentioned which are in existence immediately before Malaysia Day shall on and after that day be held, continued and used as if they were records of the corresponding courts there mentioned which are established on Malaysia Day ; and any such record, in so far as it is on that day incomplete with respect to the period before that day, shall be made up as if this Act had not been passed.
- (8) Any process, pleading, recognizance or other document may be amended to conform with its operation under this section, but shall have effect in accordance with this section whether or not it is so amended.
Continuance in office of existing judges.
- 89. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, on Malaysia Day the persons holding office immediately before that day as judges of the Supreme Court of the Federation, of the Supreme Court of Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei and of the Supreme Court of Singapore shall become judges of the Federal Court and of the High Courts as follows :
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