11-16-2006, 07:24 AM
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A Bill
To Establish, Reform and Regulate the National Judiciary
BE IT ENACTED by the King'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:
Section 1: Citation
This bill may be cited as the Judiciary Act (2006).
Section 2: Supreme Court, Establishment, Composition
1. There shall be a Supreme Court which shall have such jurisdiction and power as may be confered upon it by law.
2. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be the Chief Justice and such number of other Judges as may be prescribed by law.
3. No office of the Judge of the Supreme Court shall be abolished while there is a substantive holder thereof.
4. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the King in Council. The qualifications for the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court shall be prescribed by law.
5. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices during good behaviour; provided that the King in Council may at any time remove any Judge of the Supreme Court by reason of that he willfully violated any law of the Kingdom.
Section 3: Competence of the Supreme Court, Appeals
1. The Supreme Court shall be the superior court of record in any case arising under any law of the Kingdom.
2. The Supreme Court shall deliver its judgement in any submitted case and such judgement shall be determined by the opinion of the majority of its Judges.
3. Any judgement of the Supreme Court shall be final, but an appeal to the King shall lie from the judgement in every case where in the opinion of the Prime Minister a question involved in the appeal is one of that, by reason of its general importance, ought to be submitted to the King.
Section 4: Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
1. His Majesty may issue a charter for a County Court in each County. A County Court shall consist of a President a such number of other Judges as may be provided by a Royal Decree; they shall be appointed and removed by the King acting on advice of the Prime Minister.
2. A County Court may be competent for any dispute:
a. among citizens who are residents of the same County;
b. about consistence of any act of administration issued by the administrator of a County and a law of the Realm.
3. There may be established a Tribunal of Commerce for the whole Kingdom. The Tribunal of Commerce shall consist of a President and a number of Judges, who shall be appointed and removed by the King acting on advice of the Prime Minister and after consultation of the Home Secretary. The Tribunal of Commerce shall be competent for any dispute concernig any trade among citizens (whether residents of one or more Counties) or among citizens and foreigners.
4. An appeal may lie from decision of a County Court or the Tribunal of Commerce to the Supreme Court in any case.
Section 5: Judicial Power of the King
1. The King shall deliberate any appeal submitted to him under clause three (3) of Section three (3) in Council.
2. The King's decisions in the matter of an appeal shall not state the reasons thereof and shall not be contested before any court or tribunal.
Section 6: Administration of Judiciary
1. The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs shall make such orders and regulations as he considers appropriate for the duly execution of Justice in the Kingdom.
2. The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, make rules of procedure for the Supreme Court and inferior tribunals.
Section 7: Commencement
This act shall come into force upon receiving Royal Assent.
To Establish, Reform and Regulate the National Judiciary
BE IT ENACTED by the King'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:
Section 1: Citation
This bill may be cited as the Judiciary Act (2006).
Section 2: Supreme Court, Establishment, Composition
1. There shall be a Supreme Court which shall have such jurisdiction and power as may be confered upon it by law.
2. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be the Chief Justice and such number of other Judges as may be prescribed by law.
3. No office of the Judge of the Supreme Court shall be abolished while there is a substantive holder thereof.
4. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the King in Council. The qualifications for the office of the Judge of the Supreme Court shall be prescribed by law.
5. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their offices during good behaviour; provided that the King in Council may at any time remove any Judge of the Supreme Court by reason of that he willfully violated any law of the Kingdom.
Section 3: Competence of the Supreme Court, Appeals
1. The Supreme Court shall be the superior court of record in any case arising under any law of the Kingdom.
2. The Supreme Court shall deliver its judgement in any submitted case and such judgement shall be determined by the opinion of the majority of its Judges.
3. Any judgement of the Supreme Court shall be final, but an appeal to the King shall lie from the judgement in every case where in the opinion of the Prime Minister a question involved in the appeal is one of that, by reason of its general importance, ought to be submitted to the King.
Section 4: Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
1. His Majesty may issue a charter for a County Court in each County. A County Court shall consist of a President a such number of other Judges as may be provided by a Royal Decree; they shall be appointed and removed by the King acting on advice of the Prime Minister.
2. A County Court may be competent for any dispute:
a. among citizens who are residents of the same County;
b. about consistence of any act of administration issued by the administrator of a County and a law of the Realm.
3. There may be established a Tribunal of Commerce for the whole Kingdom. The Tribunal of Commerce shall consist of a President and a number of Judges, who shall be appointed and removed by the King acting on advice of the Prime Minister and after consultation of the Home Secretary. The Tribunal of Commerce shall be competent for any dispute concernig any trade among citizens (whether residents of one or more Counties) or among citizens and foreigners.
4. An appeal may lie from decision of a County Court or the Tribunal of Commerce to the Supreme Court in any case.
Section 5: Judicial Power of the King
1. The King shall deliberate any appeal submitted to him under clause three (3) of Section three (3) in Council.
2. The King's decisions in the matter of an appeal shall not state the reasons thereof and shall not be contested before any court or tribunal.
Section 6: Administration of Judiciary
1. The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs shall make such orders and regulations as he considers appropriate for the duly execution of Justice in the Kingdom.
2. The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, make rules of procedure for the Supreme Court and inferior tribunals.
Section 7: Commencement
This act shall come into force upon receiving Royal Assent.