Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (No. 2) (Qld)

288 (Quc nsiunb ANNO DUODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 46 of 1963 An Act to Amend " The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1963," in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 20TH DECEMBER, 1963] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. (1) Short title . This Act may be cited as " The Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (No. 2)." (2) Principal Act. " The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1963 " are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as " The Supreme Court Acts, 1861 to 1963."

Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (No. 2), No. 46 289 2. Amendments of s. 7, 12 Geo. V. No. 15. Section 7 of "The Supreme Court Act of 1921 " is amended by- (a) Inserting the following proviso at the end of the first paragraph thereof:- " Provided that where by reason of the absence of the appointed Judge the Circuit Court cannot be held at the time appointed the Sheriff or his Deputy or in the event of the absence of both the Bailiff shall adjourn the Court to such date as that Judge shall direct and shall publish notice of the day to which the Court is adjourned in such manner as that Judge directs."; and (b) By adding to that section at the end thereof, the following paragraph:- " In this section the term " Appointed Judge " means the Judge who according to the arrangements for the despatch of business then in force is the Judge to preside at the Circuit Court in question or such other Judge as shall be presiding in his stead at that Circuit Court and the term " Sheriff " in the case of Circuit Courts within the Central District or the Northern District means the Central Sheriff or the Northern Sheriff, as the case may be."