SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 23
SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 23
23 . Supreme Court authorised to perform certain acts required to be performed by courts in England
Where any Act of
Parliament in force in England on 1 June 1829, and applicable to Western
Australia, or any Act of Parliament adopted and directed to be applied in
Western Australia, authorises and directs any proceeding, act, matter, or
thing to be had, done, performed, or executed by or before Her Majesty’s
Courts at Westminster, or the respective judges thereof, or by or before the
Lord Chancellor or any Equity Judge, in the administration of justice, every
such proceeding, act, matter, and thing, subject to any express enactment to
the contrary and to any rules of court for the time being in force, shall be,
and the same is hereby authorised and directed to be had, done, executed, and
performed by the Supreme Court and the judges thereof in like manner as if the
same had been in and by such Act of Parliament expressly authorised and
directed to be had, done, executed, and performed by the said Supreme Court or
the judges thereof.
[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 44(2).]