Oaths of officers
20.—(1) The registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars of the Family Justice Courts and such other officers of the Family Justice Courts as may be required by the Chief Justice shall, before exercising the functions of their respective offices, take and subscribe the appropriate oath of office set out in the Schedule.
(2) The oath referred to in subsection (1) may be taken and subscribed before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts or a Judge or Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court.
(3) Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, he shall—
- (a) enter in the record of the Family Justice Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him; and
- (b) transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Appointments and revocations to be published in Gazette
21. All appointments and revocations made under this Part shall be published in the Gazette.
PART IV
JURISDICTION
Division 1—Jurisdiction of Family Division of High Court
Original civil jurisdiction of High Court exercisable through Family Division
22.—(1) The part of the civil jurisdiction of the High Court which shall be exercised through the Family Division shall consist of—
- (a) the jurisdiction conferred on the High Court by sections 17(a), (d), (e) and (f) and 17A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322); and
- (b) such other jurisdiction relating to family proceedings as is vested in or conferred on the High Court by any written law.
