Numb. 97.

3011

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1909.

Revoking and making Rule under “The Judicature Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the fifty-first section of “The Judicature Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, with the concurrence of His Honour the Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and their Honours Mr. Justice Denniston, Mr. Justice Edwards, Mr. Justice Cooper, and Mr. Justice Chapman (Judges of the said Supreme Court of New Zealand), doth hereby revoke the rule of the Code of Civil Procedure mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, as from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and doth hereby make the rule contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and doth declare that the said rule set out in the said Second Schedule shall come into force and take effect as from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

RULE REVOKED.

Rule No. 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

7. If sittings of the Court are held in more than one town in such district, the place shall be the town most convenient of access from the residence of the defendant.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Rule under “The Judicature Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of November, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the fifty-first section of “The Judicature Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, with the concurrence of His Honour the Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and their Honours Mr. Justice Denniston, Mr. Justice Edwards, Mr. Justice Cooper, and Mr. Justice Chapman, Judges of the said Supreme Court of New Zealand, doth hereby make the rule contained in the Schedule hereto, and doth declare that the said rule shall come into force and take effect as and from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine.

SCHEDULE.

COUNTRY PROBATES, ADMINISTRATION, AND ex parte MATTERS.

APPLICANTS for probate or administration, and persons desiring to file any document which by law is required to be filed in the Court but which is not a step in an action or contentious matter, where such applicants or persons do not reside in any town where there is an office of the Supreme Court, may transmit the papers, with the proper filing-stamps affixed, by registered letter to the Registrar to be filed and dealt with pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure or any statute. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to advise applicants of the receipt and result of such applications.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.