PART IV
Sittings and Distribution of Business
Sittings of Supreme Court and distribution of business. 28. (1) The Supreme Court shall sit at such times and at such places as the Chief Justice shall appoint.
(2) The distribution of business of the Supreme Court shall be made in accordance with directions given by the Chief Justice.
Vacations. 29. (1) The following vacations shall be observed in each year in the Supreme Court and the Registries―
- (a) the long vacation;
- (b) the Christmas vacation; and
- (c) the Easter vacation.
(2) The dates of the vacations referred to in subsection (1) shall be prescribed by rules of court.
(3) The days of the commencement and termination of each vacation shall be included in such vacation.
Business in vacations. 30. (1) The Supreme Court and the Registries shall be open during any vacation (except on general holidays) for the purpose of—
- (a) holding criminal trials and determining criminal appeals and the transaction of all business incidental thereto; and.
- (b) issuing writs and transacting any business under subsection (2).
(2) The Supreme Court shall during any vacation hear and determine all such applications as may require to be immediately or promptly heard, and all applications for summary judgment.
(3) No pleading shall be filed during any vacation except by order of the High Court.
Computation of vacation period and validity of acts therein. 31. (1) Where by any law regulating civil procedure, or by any special order of the Supreme Court, any period not exceeding one month is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, no days included in a vacation shall be reckoned in the computation of such time, unless the Court otherwise directs:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend the time for entering appearance to any specially endorsed writ.
(2) Every act, matter or thing done during any vacation shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if done out of vacation.
Proceedings in High Court to be disposed of by single judge.
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32. (1) Subject to sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, to subsection (3) of this section and to rules of court, every proceeding in the High Court and all business arising therefrom shall be heard and determined by a judge of the High Court sitting alone.
(2) The proceedings in every action or matter subsequent to the trial or hearing, down to and including the final judgment or order, and any application for leave to appeal or for a stay of execution shall, so far as is practicable and convenient, be taken before the judge of the High Court before whom the trial or hearing took place.
(3) The Chief Justice may direct that any proceeding, or class of proceeding, in the High Court shall be heard and determined by two or more judges of the Court.
