✨ Rules for Magistrates' Courts
June 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851
RULES FOR MAGISTRATES' COURTS.
GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of June, 1894.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the ninth section of “ The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1893,” it is enacted
that the Governor may by Order in Council from time to time prescribe, alter, vary,
suspend, or rescind rules or regulations for the several purposes therein mentioned :
And whereas by the said section it is further enacted that all rules, regulations,
and tables of fees in force at the commencement of the said Act shall continue in
force until revoked:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke all former rules made under the Acts
repealed by the said Act, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby revoke and abolish, as from the first day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four, all former rules made and scales of fees fixed under the
Acts repealed by the said Act, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make and prescribe
the rules, regulations, forms, charges, costs, and fees set forth in the Schedule hereto,
to take effect as from the said first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-four.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
SCHEDULE.
1. Interpretation.
THESE rules may be cited as “ The Magistrates’ Courts Rules, 1894.”
The interpretation of terms in section 8 of “ The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1893,”
applies to these rules ; and the several words and expressions hereinafter mentioned
or referred to shall have or include the meanings following, viz. :—
“ The Act ” means “ The Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1893 ” :
“ Affidavit ” includes statutory declaration and affirmation ; and the word
“ sworn ” includes affirmed :
“ Foreign Court ” means the Court to which process is sent for service or
execution from a Home Court :
“ Home Court ” means the Court from which process is issued.
2. Office-hours.
The Clerk shall keep his office, at the place where the Court of which he is Clerk
is holden, open to the public from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
except on Saturday, on which day the office shall be closed to the public at noon :
Provided that when the Clerk has to attend to more offices than one, situate at
different places, or when the Clerk is also a police officer, he shall keep his office or
offices open on such days and hours as the Magistrate shall from time to time appoint.
A notice of the office-hours shall be posted in some convenient place accessible
to the public :
Provided also that any office may from time to time be closed or opened by
special order of the Magistrate.
3. Holidays.
The following days shall be holidays in the Courts and the offices thereof, that is
to say : The days from Good Friday to Easter Tuesday, both inclusive ; the days
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⚖️ Rules for Magistrates' Courts
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 June 1894
Magistrates' Courts, Rules, Regulations, Fees, Office-hours, Holidays
- Glasgow, Governor
- The Honourable the Premier Presiding in Council
- Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council