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continue in being.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-56-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Schedule <ref href="#">1</ref> makes provision about the Court, including its constitution, jurisdiction and powers.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>