Administration of Justice Act 1924 No 42

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
07 July 1999 07 July 1999 1999 No 31

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (previously Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 15.10.1979 and published in GG No 142 of 19.10.1979, p 5278, declaring that:
(a)the Administration of Justice Act 1924 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and
(b)the Administration of Justice Act 1924, the words “of this Act” in sec 3A (1) excepted, is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.

Administration of Justice Act 1924 No 42

Assented to 19.12.1924.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31

Assented to 07.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994 No 95

Assented to 12.12.1994.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Administration of Justice Act 1924, assent, Sch 2.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985 No 231

Assented to 18.12.1985.

Administration of Justice (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984 No 161

Assented to 14.12.1984.

Date of commencement, 1.5.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 26.4.1985, p 1797.

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1973 No 39

Assented to 08.05.1973.

Date of commencement, 2.5.1975, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 18.4.1975, p 1432.

Arbitration (Foreign Awards and Agreements) Act 1973 No 36

Assented to 08.05.1973.

The Act was not commenced and was repealed by the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 No 160.

Administration of Justice Act 1973 No 19

Assented to 17.04.1973.

Date of commencement of sec 10, 17.4.1973, sec 2 (1).

District Court Act 1973 No 9

Assented to 10.04.1973.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1973, sec 2 and GG No 75 of 8.6.1973, p 2158.

Supreme Court Act 1970 No 52

Assented to 14.10.1970.

Date of commencement, Part 4 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018.

Amending legislation

Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41

Assented to 11.04.1972.

Supreme Court and Circuit Courts (Amendment) Act 1965 No 12

Assented to 29.10.1965.

Date of commencement, 1.1.1966, sec 1 (3) and GG No 145 of 12.11.1965, p 3682.

Supreme Court Procedure Act 1957 No 13

Assented to 08.04.1957.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1957, sec 1 (2).

Administration of Justice Act 1925 No 15

Assented to 08.12.1925.

Proclamations made pursuant to sec 4:

Dominion, Colony &c

Act &c

Reciprocity Clause

Date of Order &c, applying Act to New South Wales

GG containing Date of Proclamation extending New South Wales Act

Ashanti

No 1 of 1922, as amended by No 10 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

1 Sept, 1925

No 93 of 9 July, 1926.

Barbados

No 31 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

13 Aug, 1925

No 19 of 12 Feb, 1926.

Basutoland

No 2 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

9 July, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Bechuanaland Protectorate

No 3 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

9 July, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Bermuda

No 9 of 1923

Section 5 (1)

16 Dec, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

British Guiana

No 3 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

18 Aug, 1925

No 158 of 27 Nov, 1925.

British Honduras

No 163 of 1924

Section 6 (1)

1 Feb, 1928

No 88 of 6 July, 1928.

British Solomon Islands Protectorate

No 7 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

23 July, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Ceylon

No 41 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

1 Oct, 1925

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Colony of Singapore

No 34 of 1921 (of former Straits Settlements)

Section 5 (1)

4 Sept, 1925 (GG)

No 36 of 15 Feb, 1952.

Cyprus

No XXV of 1921

Section 6 (1)

23 July, 1925

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Falkland Islands

No 3 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

27 Oct, 1925

No 56 of 7 May, 1926.

Federation of Malaya

No 53 of 1949

Section 5 (1)

3 Nov, 1950

No 95 of 16 June, 1950.

Fiji

No 22 of 1922

Section 7 (1)

26 June, 1925

No 88 of 26 June, 1925.

Gambia

No 12 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

26 Jan, 1926

No 149 of 13 Nov, 1925.

Gibraltar

No 8 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

17 July, 1925

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

No 5 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

23 July, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Gold Coast

No 1 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

31 Aug, 1925

No 19 of 12 Feb, 1926.

Gold Coast Northern Territories

No 1 of 1922, as amended by No 4 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

31 Aug, 1925

No 93 of 9 July, 1926.

Grenada

No 25 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

7 Aug, 1925

No 158 of 27 Nov, 1925.

Hong Kong

No 32 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

11 Sept, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Jamaica

No 16 of 1923

Section 6 (1)

8 Sept, 1925

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Kenya

No 21 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

30 Mar, 1926

No 161 of 4 Dec, 1925.

Leeward Islands

No 6 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

10 Sept, 1925

No 24 of 26 Feb, 1926.

Malta

No VII of 1924

Section 5 (2)

 

No 77 of 5 June, 1925.

Mauritius

No 14 of 1923

Article 6 (1)

24 July, 1925

No 149 of 13 Nov, 1925.

Newfoundland

12–13 Geo V, Cap 14

Section 1 (1)

Not necessary

No 62 of 21 May, 1926.

New Zealand

No 11 of 1922

Section 3 (2)

2 July, 1925

No 118 of 4 Sept, 1925.

Nigeria

No 8 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

25 Nov, 1925

No 158 of 27 Nov, 1925.

Northern Rhodesia

No 8 of 1922

Section 10

27 July, 1925

No 142 of 23 Oct, 1925.

Nyasaland Protectorate

No 3 of 1922

Section 6

18 July, 1925

No 142 of 23 Oct, 1925.

Palestine

Civil Procedure (Recip Enfct of Judgmts) Ordinance, 1922

Section 5

24 Aug, 1925

No 158 of 27 Nov, 1925.

St Helena

No 11 of 1926

Section 5

23 Aug, 1927

No 161 of 11 Nov, 1927.

Saint Lucia

No 6 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

14 Aug, 1925

No 24 of 26 Feb, 1926.

Saint Vincent

No 35 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

1 Aug, 1925

No 161 of 4 Dec, 1925.

Saskatchewan

No 12 of 1927

Section 10 (1)

28 Dec, 1928

No 149 of 2 Nov, 1928.

Seychelles

No 2 of 1922

Section 4 (1)

8 Aug, 1925

No 142 of 23 Oct, 1925.

Somaliland Protectorate

No 4 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

28 Nov, 1925

No 142 of 23 Oct, 1925.

Southern Rhodesia

No 4 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

18 Sept, 1925

No 127 of 25 Sept, 1925.

Straits Settlements

No 34 of 1921

Section 5 (1)

4 Sept, 1925 (GG)

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Swaziland

No 4 of 1922

Section 5 (1)

9 July, 1925

No 121 of 11 Sept, 1925.

Tanganyika Territory

No 37 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

8 Aug, 1925

No 149 of 13 Nov, 1925.

Trinidad and Tobago

No 50 of 1921

Section 11 (1)

29 Jan, 1926

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Uganda Protectorate

No 9 of 1922

Section 6 (1)

11 Jan, 1926 to take effect from 31 Oct, 1925

No 149 of 13 Nov, 1925.

Weihaiwei

No 10 of 1921

Section 6 (1)

25 Aug, 1925

No 158 of 27 Nov, 1925.

Zanzibar Protectorate

No 25 of 1921

Section 5 (1)

20 Jan, 1926

No 135 of 9 Oct, 1925.

Attention is drawn to sec 3A.

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No reference is made to amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972, secs 8 (2) and 9 (3).

Sec 2

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1973 No 9, Sch 2; 1973 No 19, sec 10 (2) (a). Rep 1994 No 95, Sch 2.

Sec 3

Am 1925 No 15, sec 2 (1); 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1984 No 161, sec 3; 1985 No 231, Sch 31.

Sec 3A

Ins 1973 No 39, sec 17.

Sec 5

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1994 No 95, Sch 3.

Sec 7

Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Third Sch).

Part 3

Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.1.

Part 3, Div 1, heading

Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.

Secs 8, 9

Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.

Part 3, Div 2, heading

Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.

Sec 10

Rep 1973 No 9, Sch 2.

Part 3, Div 3, heading

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).

Secs 11–13

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Sec 14

Rep 1957 No 13, First Sch.

Part 3, Div 4, heading

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972. No 41, Second Sch).

Sec 15

Am 1925 No 15, sec 2 (2). Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Part 3, Div 5, heading

Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.1.

Sec 16

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Sec 17

Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.1.

Part 3, Div 6, heading

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Sec 18

Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Part 4

Rep 1973 No 19, sec 10 (2) (b).

Sec 19

Am 1965 No 12, sec 12. Rep 1970 No 52, Second Sch.

Sec 20

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Rep 1973 No 19, sec 10 (2) (b).

Schedule

Rep 1957 No 13, First Sch.

Administration of Justice Bill 1924

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