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SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 22

SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 22

22 .         Saving of former procedure

        (1)         Save as is otherwise provided by this Act or by the rules of court, all forms and methods of procedure which, under or by virtue of any law, custom, general order, or rules whatsoever, were formerly in force in the Supreme Court, and which are not inconsistent with this Act or with the rules of court, may continue to be used and practised in the Supreme Court in the like cases and for the like purposes, as those in and for which they would have been applicable if this Act had not been passed.

        (2)         Subject to the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 and rules of court made under that Act that apply to the Supreme Court, the practice and procedure in all criminal causes and matters whatsoever in the Supreme Court shall be the same as the practice and procedure in force at the commencement of this Act in relation to similar causes and matters.

        [Section 22 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 72.]