✨ Magistrates' Courts Rules
Numb. 73. 2415
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920.
RULES FOR MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
ROBERT STOUT, Administrator of the Government.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of August, 1920.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section three of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make rules or regulations for the several purposes therein mentioned:
And whereas it is expedient to revoke all former rules and regulations made or deemed to have been made under the said Act, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke, as from the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, all former rules and regulations made or deemed to have been made under 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 September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.
SCHEDULE.
- Interpretation.
THESE rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts Rules, 1908.
The interpretation of terms in section 2 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1908, 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, 1908, and includes the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act, 1909, and the Magistrates’ Courts Amendment Act, 1913:
“ 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.
Reference in these rules to numbered forms means the forms as numbered in Appendix A hereto.
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⚖️ Rules for Magistrates’ Courts
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement9 August 1920
Magistrates’ Courts Act, Rules, Regulations, Order in Council
- Robert Stout, Administrator of the Government