Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2020
Passed
29/05/2020
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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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