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thereof” in the definition of “Court” and substituting the words “Family Court”.
Related amendments to Legal Aid and Advice Act
61. The Legal Aid and Advice Act (Cap. 160, 2014 Ed.) is amended—
- (a) by deleting the definition of “judge” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:
- “ “judge”, in relation to any proceedings, means the person (however described) who decided those proceedings;”;
- (b) by inserting, immediately after the words “Rules of Court,” in the following provisions, the words “Family Justice Rules or”:
- Sections 10(3) and 17(2);
- (c) by repealing section 19 and substituting the following section:
- “Rules regulating practice and procedure of court
- 19. Where it is necessary or convenient to do so for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or any regulations made thereunder—
- (a) the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) may make under section 80 of that Act rules regulating the practice and procedure of any of the following courts in which proceedings may be taken by an aided person:
- (i) the Court of Appeal;
- (ii) the High Court (other than the Family Division thereof);
- (iii) any District Court;
- (iv) any Magistrate’s Court; and
- (a) the Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322) may make under section 80 of that Act rules regulating the practice and procedure of any of the following courts in which proceedings may be taken by an aided person:
