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(1)Rules of court for regulating the procedure and practice (including fees and costs) in a court in a British possession in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by this Act, whether original or appellate, may be made by the same authority and in the same manner as rules touching the practice, procedure, fees, and costs in the said court in the exercise of its ordinary civil jurisdiction respectively are made:
Provided that the rules under this section shall not, save as provided by this Act, extend to matters relating to the slave trade, and shall not (save as provided by this section) come into operation until they have been approved by Her Majesty in Council, but on coming into operation . . . F1any enactment inconsistent therewith shall, so far as it is so inconsistent, be repealed.
(2)It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council, in approving rules made under this section, to declare that the rules so made with respect to any matters which appear to Her Majesty to be matters of detail or of local concern may be revoked, varied, or added to without the approval required by this section.
(3)Such rules may provide for the exercise of any jurisdiction conferred by this Act by the full court, or by any judge or judges thereof, and subject to any rules, where the ordinary civil jurisdiction of the court can in any case be exercised by a single judge, any jurisdiction conferred by this Act may in the like case be exercised by a single judge.
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), Sch. 1 Pt. XII
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C1S. 7 excluded by Statute of Westminster 1931 (22&23 Geo. 5 c. 4, SIF 26:1), ss. 6, 10; Ceylon Independence Act 1947 (11&12 Geo. 6 c. 7, SIF 26:40), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4; Ghana Independence Act 1957 (c. 6, SIF 26:15), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5; Nigeria Independence Act 1960 (c. 55, SIF 26:28), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5; Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 (c. 16, SIF 26:36), s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5; Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (c. 40, SIF 26:18), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5; Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 (c. 54, SIF 26:44), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5; Kenya Independence Act 1963 (c. 54, SIF 26:19), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 5; Malawi Independence Act 1964 (c. 46, SIF 26:22), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Malta Independence Act 1964 (c. 86, SIF 26:24), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Gambia Independence Act 1964 (c. 93, SIF 26:14), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Guyana Independence Act 1966 (c. 14, SIF 26:16), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Barbados Independence Act 1966 (c. 37, SIF 26:7), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Mauritius Independence Act 1968 (c. 8, SIF 26:25), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Fiji Independence Act 1970 (c. 50, SIF 26:13), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Bahamas Independence Act 1973 (c. 27, SIF 26:6), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Turalu Act 1978 (c. 20, SIF 26:44A), s. 1, Sch. 1 para. 4(b); Belize Act 1981 (c. 52, SIF 26:7A), s. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)
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