British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act 1881
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1881 c. 36 |
| Year | 1881 |
British Honduras (Court of Appeal) Act, 1881
(44 & 45 Vict.) CHAPTER 36
An Act to authorise the establishment of a Court of Appeal for Her Majesty's Colony of British Honduras.
[11th August 1881]
Whereas the Legislative Council of Her Majesty's Colony of British Honduras is desirous, and the Legislative Council of Her Majesty's Island of Jamaica is willing, that an appeal should be provided from the decisions of the Supreme Court of Judicature of British Honduras to the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica, but effectual provision for that purpose cannot be made without the authority of Parliament:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Her Majesty may constitute the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica a Court of Appeal from the Supreme Court of Judicature of British Honduras.
1. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty by any Order, to be made by her with the advice of Her Privy Council, to constitute the Supreme Court of Judicature of the Island of Jamaica a Court of Appeal for hearing and determining appeals from the judgments, decrees, orders, sentences, and decisions of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the Colony of British Honduras, and from and after the proclamation of such Order in Council in each of the said colonies, or from and after such subsequent date as may be appointed by such Order, any person or persons may appeal from any judgment, decree, order, sentence, or decision of the Supreme Court of Judicature of British Honduras to the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica, and such last-mentioned court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals in such manner, within such time, and under and subject to such rules and limitations as Her Majesty by the same Order or by any other Order or Orders in Council shall prescribe or appoint, or, if Her Majesty by any such Order shall so direct, as the same court, with the approval of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, shall from time to time prescribe or appoint.
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