Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (repealed)

Supplemental Provisions U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 7 repealed with saving by Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15), Sch. 4 para. 4, Sch. 5 Pt. V

8 Hearing and determination of appeals during prorogation of Parliament. U.K.

For preventing delay in the administration of justice, the House of Lords may sit and act for the purpose of hearing and determining appeals, and also for the purpose of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary taking their seats and the oaths, during any prorogation of Parliament, at such time and in such manner as may be appointed by order of the House of Lords made during the preceding session of Parliament; and all orders and proceedings of the said House in relation to appeals and matters connected therewith during such prorogation, shall be as valid as if Parliament had been then sitting, but no business other than the hearing and determination of appeals and the matters connected therewith, and Lords of Appeal in Ordinary taking their seats and the oaths as aforesaid, shall be transacted by such House during such prorogation.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 56)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 8 amended by Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 (c. 70), s. 1

9 Hearing and determination of appeals during dissolution of Parliament. U.K.

If on the occasion of a dissolution of Parliament Her Majesty is graciously pleased to think that it would be expedient, with a view to prevent delay in the administration of justice, to provide for the hearing and determination of appeals during such dissolution, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by writing under her Sign Manual, to authorise the Lords of Appeal in the name of the House of Lords to hear and determine appeals during the dissolution of Parliament, and for that purpose to sit in the House of Lords at such times as may be thought expedient; and upon such authority as aforesaid being given by Her Majesty, the Lords of Appeal may, during such dissolution, hear and determine appeals and act in all matters in relation thereto in the same manner in all respects as if their sittings were a continuation of the sittings of the House of Lords, and may in the name of the House of Lords exercise the jurisdiction of the House of Lords accordingly.

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 10 repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65), Sch. 4

11 Procedure under Act to supersede all other procedure. U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 an appeal shall not lie from any of the courts from which an appeal to the House of Lords is given by this Act, except in manner provided by this Act, and subject to such conditions as to the value of the subject-matter in dispute, and as to giving security for costs, and as to the time within which the appeal shall be brought, and generally as to all matters of practice and procedure, or otherwise, as may be imposed by orders of the House of Lords.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 56)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 11 extended by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c.23, SIF 38), s. 42(5)

12 Certain cases excluded from appeal. U.K.

Except in so far as may be authorised by orders of the House of Lords an appeal shall not lie to the House of Lords from any court in Scotland . . . F5 in any case, which according to the law or practice hitherto in use, could not have been reviewed by that House, either in error or on appeal.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4, Pt. I

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Textual Amendments

F6 S. 13 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39)