Court of Petty Sessions Act 1932 (ACT)

[Extract from Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 81, dated

17th November, 1932. |

THE TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OF

GOVERNMENT.

No. 21 of 1932.

AN OBD1NANCE

To amend the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance

(No. 2) 1930.

BE it ordained b}- the Governor-General in and over the Com-Executive Council, pursuant to the powers conferred by the Seat monwealth of Australia, with the advice of the Federal	of Government Acceptance Act 1909 and the Seat of Government
(Administration) Act 1910-1931, as follows:—

1.— (1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Court of Petty short title and

Sessions Ordinance 1932. cltation-

(2.) The Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance (No. 2) 1930 is

in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance,

may be cited as the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance 1930-1932.

2. After section twenty-three of the Principal Ordinance the

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following section is inserted:—

" 23A. The Court shall have jurisdiction to make any Order Bequests under

, , , . 1 • i • • - i i i Conventions

or take any action which is necessary in order to comply regarding
with any request received from the Consular or other proceedings
regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters Matters authority of a foreign country, with which a Convention commercial

has been made and extended to the Commonwealth, for the service of documents in the Territory or for the taking of evidence in the Territory."

3. Section two hundred and fifty-eight of the Principal ituiesand

. * regulations

Ordinance is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (/) of sub-section (1.)

the word " and " ; and

(6) by adding at the end of sub-section (1.) the following I

paragraph:—" and

(g) the service of documents, and the taking of

evidence, in the Territory, in pursuance of
any Request from the Consular or other
proper authority of a foreign country under

the terms of any Convention relating to	•
Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters to which the Commonwealth is a party."

Dated this ninth day of November, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

J. G. LATHAM

for Minister of State for the Interior

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By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra. I