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SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE 1975

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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PART I Preliminary
1.	Short title and commencement ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A389
2.	Interpretation ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A389
PART II The Supreme Court
3.	Supreme Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A390
4.	Constitution of High Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A390
5.	Constitution of Court of Appeal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A390
6.	Appointment of judges ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A390
7.	Precedence ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A391
8.	Acting appointments ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A391
9.	Professional qualifications of judges ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A391
10.	Appointment of Commissioners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A392
11.	Powers of Commissioners in cases which are part-heard on termination of appointment ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A392
PART III Jurisdiction, Law, Practice and Powers
12.	Jurisdiction of High Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A392
13.	Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A393
14.	Appeals in civil matters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A393
15.	General powers of Court of Appeal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A394
16.	Law and equity to be administered in Supreme Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A394
17.	Practice of Supreme Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A394
18.	Motion for new trial ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A394
19.	Mandamus, injunction and receiver ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A394
20.	Power of High Court to impose charges on land of judgment debtor ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A395
21.	Attachment of debts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A395
22.	Execution of instruments by order of High Court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A395
23.	Habeas corpus ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A395
24.	Appeal in habeas corpus proceedings ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A396
25.	Power of Court of Appeal to vary sentence on certiorari ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A396
26.	Wards of court ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A396
27.	Vexatious litigants ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A396
PART IV Sittings and Distribution of Business
28.	Sittings of Supreme Court and distribution of business ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A397
29.	Vacations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A397
30.	Business in vacations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A397
31.	Computation of vacation period and validity of acts therein ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A397
32.	Proceedings in High Court to be disposed of by single judge ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A397
33.	Powers of judge in chambers ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A398
34.	Sittings of Court of Appeal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A398
35.	Powers of single judge in Court of Appeal ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A399
36.	Acts required to be done by Chief Justice may also be done by any judge ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	A399