Ordinances of the Nyasaland Protectorate in force on the 31st March, 1913. : Revised and consolidated under the authority of "The New Edition of the Ordinances Ordinance, 1911" / by Charles J.Griffin.

  • Griffin, Charles James.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Ordinances of the Nyasaland Protectorate in force on the 31st March, 1913. : Revised and consolidated under the authority of "The New Edition of the Ordinances Ordinance, 1911" / by Charles J.Griffin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reservation to High Court of all murtler or mau- slangUtor cases where accused not a native. Reservation to HiRh Court of bank- ruptcy jurisdiction. Special Courts. Intervention of High Court. Subordinate Courts auxiliary to one another. Governor's powers* slauJhf^r^ tr ai o± all ca^es of murder or man- slaugliter in wliicli the accused is not a native is exclusively reserved to the High Court. 18. A Subordinate Court shall not have or exercise jurisdiction in bankruptcy. nnw.l^ ^^f ^o^ernor may confer all or any of the power, conferred or conferrable on Magistrates or Assistant Magistrates under this Ordinance upon any person m respect of particular cases, or in 1 expect of a particular class or particular classes of cases, or m respect of cases generally, in any local area, on the same terms as to appeal or revision as hereinbefore mentioned. 20. The High Court may with the approval of the Governor for any special purpose or for any specihed time direct any two or more Magistrates or Assistant Magistrates to sit together as a Bench with any of the powers conferred or conferrable by or under this Ordinance on any Subordinate Court and failing such order, every such Bench shall have the powers of a Court presided over by a District Magistrate if any of its members is a District Magistrate. i ^^^ ^^^^ Court shall have power to inter- vene by writs of certiorari or mandamus at any stage of the proceedings in any Subordinate or fepecial Court for the purpose of quashing same, or of directing the same to be transferred to itself or to another Court as may seem most likely to meet the ends of justice. The High Court may exercise such power of Its own motion or on the application of any proper party to the said proceedings. 22. The several Courts acting under this Ordi- nance shall be auxiliary to one another in all par- ticulars relative to the administration of justice, civi] or criminal. 23. Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Governor may, with the previous or subsequent con- sent of the Secretary of State, establish or abolish any District or Sub-District Court or any District or Sub-District Native Court provided for by this Ordinance or may without such permission abolish any Special Court created under Section 19 or Section 20 hereof.