Part II JURISDICTION

The High Court

Other particular fields of jurisdiction

30 Injunctions to restrain persons from acting in offices in which they are not entitled to act.

(1)

Where a person not entitled to do so acts in an office to which this section applies, the High Court may—

(a)

grant an injunction restraining him from so acting; and

(b)

if the case so requires, declare the office to be vacant.

(2)

This section applies to any substantive office of a public nature and permanent character which is held under the Crown or which has been created by any statutory provision or royal charter.