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High Court Act, 1954
Act 20 of 1954
- Commenced on 21 May 1954
- [This is the version of this document at 1 December 1998.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as The High Court Act, 1954.2. Jurisdiction of the High Court of Swaziland
3. Retiring age of judges
The retiring age of a judge shall be sixty-five years.[Amended A.36/1970]4. Powers of review
5. Powers of appeal
The High Court shall be a court of appeal from all magistrate’s courts in Swaziland with full power to—6. Court to have assistance of assessors
7. Sessions of court
8. Proceedings to be in open Court and in English
9. Taxation of bills of costs
10. Rules of Court
History of this document
01 December 1998 this version
Consolidation
21 May 1954
Commenced
Cited documents 0
Documents citing this one 49
Documents and Guidelines 1
Gazette 10
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1993-12-03 number 997
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1994-10-28 number 53
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1995-12-22 number 128
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1996-04-05 number 150
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1996-11-29 number 208
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1998-07-17 number 376
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 1998-12-25 number 431
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 2002-12-13 number 890
- Swaziland Government Gazette dated 2005-05-13 number 045
- Swaziland Government Gazette supplement dated 1997-01-17 number 219
Judgment 37
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