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S.I. No. 132 of 2002 |
THE SUPREME COURT ACT, 1996 |
(No. 15 of 1996) |
SUPREME COURT |
((DIVISIONS OF COURT) ORDER, 2002 |
In exercise of the powers
conferred by section 7(2) of the Supreme Court Act, 1996 the Chief Justice
makes the following order - |
1.(1) This Order may be cited as
the Supreme Court (Divisions of Court) Order, 2002. | Citation and commencement. |
(2) This Order shall come into
force on the 1st day of January, 2003. |
2. The Divisions of Court specified
in the Schedule are hereby established for the hearing of such matters as are
mentioned in the Schedule. | Establishment of Divisions of Court. Schedule. |
3. The Registrar after
consultation with the Chief Justice shall designate file numbers and colours
for file folders and jackets for each Division of Court. | File colours and numbers. |
(paragraph 2) |
SCHEDULE |
DIVISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT |
COMMERCIAL DIVISION (COM) |
Admiralty (adm) |
Bankruptcy and Insolvency (bnk) |
Applications under the Companies Act, 1992 (com) |
Labour (lab) |
COMMON LAW and EQUITY DIVISION (CLE) |
Applications under the Legal Profession Act, 1992
(lpa) |
Quieting of Title (qui) |
Civil matters not allocated to any other Division
(gen) |
FAMILY DIVISION (FAM) |
Adoption (adn) |
Divorce (div) |
Guardianship and custody (gua) |
Applications under the Mental Health Act (men) |
PROBATE DIVISION (PRO) |
Non-contentious probate matters (npr) |
Contentious probate matters (cpr) |
PUBLIC LAW DIVISION (PUB) |
Administrative (adm) |
Constitutional (con) |
Judicial review (jrv) |
CRIMINAL DIVISION (CRI) |
Coroner (cor) |
Financial crimes (fin) |
Bail applications (bal) |
Habeas Corpus (hcs) |
Information and Voluntary Bill of Indictment (vbi) |
Restraint and forfeiture applications (rfa) |
Criminal matters not allocated to any other
Division (crg) |
APPEALS DIVISION (APP) |
Magistrates (mag) |
Statutory (sts) |
Made the 13th day of December,
2002. |
Signed |
BURTON P. HALL |
CHIEF JUSTICE |
Chairman of the |
Rules Committee |