2020-05-12
OBJECTS AND REASONS
This Bill would amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Cap. 117A.
Arrangement of Sections
Short title
Amendment of section 69A of Cap. 117A
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BARBADOS
A Bill entitled
An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Cap. 117A.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act, 2020. 1.
Amendment of section 69A of Cap. 117A
Section 69A of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Cap. 117A is amended by deleting
subsection (1) and substituting the following:
Masters of the High Court shall be appointed by the Governor- General on the advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.”; and
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subsection (2) and substituting the following:
No person may be appointed as a Master unless that person is an attorney-at-law who has practiced as such for not less than 10 years.”. “(2)
Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of , 2020.
Speaker
Read three times and passed the Senate this day of , 2020.
President
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