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NO. 27 OF 2014
- “ “Family Division of the High Court” means the Family Division of the High Court constituted under section 4 of the Family Justice Act 2014;
- “Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under the Family Justice Act 2014 and any other written law by the Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of that Act;”;
- (b) by inserting, immediately after the words “State Courts Act (Cap. 321)” in the definition of “subordinate court” in section 2, the words “, a Family Court or Youth Court constituted under the Family Justice Act 2014,”;
- (c) by deleting the words “Rules of Court” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Rules of Court or Family Justice Rules”:
- Sections 10(2), 10A(1) and (2) and 16(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and paragraphs 10 and 12 of the First Schedule;
- (d) by inserting, immediately after the words “the Presiding Judge of the State Courts” in section 10(5)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), the words “or the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts”;
- (e) by deleting the words “Rules of Court” in section 17A(5) and (6) and substituting in each case the words “Family Justice Rules”;
- (f) by deleting the words “or Rules of Court” in section 18(3) and substituting the words “, Rules of Court or Family Justice Rules”;
- (g) by deleting the word “and” at the end of section 19(a);
- (h) by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) of section 19 and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:
- “(c) the hearing of appeals from Family Courts when exercising criminal jurisdiction; and
- (d) the hearing of appeals from Youth Courts.”;
