Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Amendment of section 35 of Act of 1936 | ||
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20. Section 35 (amended by section 64 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 ) of the Act of 1936 is amended by— | ||
(a) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
(1A) The President of the Court of Appeal, shall, after consultation with the President of the High Court, if and when he or she thinks proper, travel and sit as a judge of the High Court on Circuit and every other judge of the Court of Appeal shall travel and sit as a judge of the High Court on Circuit when requested by the President of the Court of Appeal to do so, and every such other judge when so travelling and sitting shall be an additional judge of the High Court.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “The Chief Justice shall, after consultation with the President of the High Court, if and when he or she thinks proper” for “The Chief Justice shall, if and when he or she thinks proper”, and | ||
(c) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
(3A) The President of the Court of Appeal, after such consultations as he or she thinks proper with the judges concerned, shall determine, in respect of every sitting of the High Court on Circuit, the several judges of the Court of Appeal who shall be requested to travel and sit for the purposes of such sittings and the particular judge or judges who shall so travel and sit on each High Court on Circuit, and the President of the Court of Appeal may alter or vary any such determination.”. |