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Supreme Court (Divisions of Court) Order


Published: 2003-01-01

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SUPREME COURT [CH.53 – 349

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– LRO 1/2006 STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

CHAPTER 53 SUPREME COURT

(DIVISIONS OF COURT) ORDER (SECTION 7(2))

[Commencement 1st January, 2003]

1. This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court (Divisions of Court) Order.

2. The Divisions of Court specified in the Schedule are hereby established for the hearing of such matters as are mentioned in the Schedule.

3. The Registrar after consultation with the Chief Justice shall designate file numbers and colours for file folders and jackets for each Division of Court.

SCHEDULE (paragraph 2)

DIVISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

COMMERCIAL DIVISION (COM) Admiralty (adm) Bankruptcy and Insolvency (bnk) Applications under the Companies Act, 1992 (com) Labour (lab)

COMMON LAW and EQUITY DIVISION (CLE) Applications under the Legal Profession Act, 1992 (lpa) Quieting of Title (qui) Civil matters not allocated to any other Division (gen)

FAMILY DIVISION (FAM) Adoption (adn) Divorce (div) Guardianship and custody (gua) Applications under the Mental Health Act (men)

S.I. 132/2002.

Citation.

Establishment of Divisions of Court. Schedule.

File colours and numbers.

CH.53 – 350] SUPREME COURT

STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS LRO 1/2006

PROBATE DIVISION (PRO) Non-contentious probate matters (npr) Contentious probate matters (cpr)

PUBLIC LAW DIVISION (PUB) Administrative (adm) Constitutional (con) Judicial review (jrv)

CRIMINAL DIVISION (CRI) Coroner (cor) Financial crimes (fin) Bail applications (bal) Habeas Corpus (hcs) Information and Voluntary Bill of Indictment (vbi) Restraint and forfeiture applications (rfa) Criminal matters not allocated to any other Division (crg)

APPEALS DIVISION (APP) Magistrates (mag) Statutory (sts)