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Judicature Amendment Act 2000

COOK ISLANDS

JUDICATURE AMENDMENT ACT 2000

2000, No. 3

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Jurisdiction of High Court presided over by a Justice
3. Amendments
4. Amendments by Registrar

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2000, No. 3

An Act to amend the Judicature Act 1980-81

(30 March 2000

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title - This Act may be cited as the Judicature Amendment Act 2000 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Judicature Act 1980-81 ("the principal Act").

2. Jurisdiction of High Court presided over by a Justice - Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after paragraph (i) the following new paragraph -

"(j) In proceedings under section 10 of this Act."

3. Amendments - Section 44 of the principal Act is amended by -

(a) inserting before the existing provision, the subsection designation "(1)";

(b) inserting the following new subsection -

"(2) A Justice or three Justices sitting together may at any time amend any minute, judgment or other record of the Court within their jurisdiction in order to give effect to the true intent of the Court in respect thereof or truly to record the course of any proceeding within their jurisdiction."

4. Amendments by Registrar - The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 44, the following new section -

"44A. Amendments by Registrar - Subject to section 44 of this Act, where an application is received by the Registrar to amend any minute or judgment or other record of the Court and such amendment will not in any way alter or vary the true intent of the Court or the true record of the course of any proceeding, the Registrar may make such amendment to the minute or judgment or record of the Court."

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This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice