Judiciary Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984 No. 12 of 1984 - SECT 4

Judiciary Amendment Act (No. 2) 1984 No. 12 of 1984 - SECT 4

4. After section 35 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in
Division 1 of Part V: Criteria for granting special leave to appeal

''35A. In considering whether to grant an application for special leave to
appeal to the High Court under this Act or under any other Act, the High Court
may have regard to any matters that it considers relevant but shall have
regard to-

   (a)  whether the proceedings in which the judgment to which the application
        relates was pronounced involve a question of law-

        (i)    that is of public importance, whether because of its general
               application or otherwise; or

        (ii)   in respect of which a decision of the High Court, as the final
               appellate court, is required to resolve differences of opinion
               between different courts, or within the one court, as to the
               state of the law; and

   (b)  whether the interests of the administration of justice, either
        generally or in the particular case, require consideration by the High
        Court of the judgment to which the application relates.''.