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SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 170

170 .         Rules of court to be laid before Parliament, disallowance

        (1)         All rules of court, made in pursuance of this Act, shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 14 days next after the same are made, if Parliament is in session, and if not then within 14 days after the commencement of the next session of Parliament.

        (2)         If either House of Parliament passes a resolution disallowing any such rule, of which resolution notice has been given at any time within 14 sitting days of such House after such rule has been laid before it, such rule shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without affecting the validity of any proceeding taken or of anything done thereunder in the meantime.

                This subsection shall apply notwithstanding the said 14 sitting days, or some of them, do not occur in the same session of Parliament, or during the same Parliament as that in which the rule is laid before such House.

        (3)         Where a resolution has been passed as mentioned in subsection (2), notice of such resolution shall be published in the Gazette .

        [Section 170 amended by No. 27 of 2000 s. 24.]



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