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Section 41: Divisions of Supreme Court

Courts Act

This section is inserted by Act No 9 of 2020, section 3.

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41. Divisions of Supreme Court (1) There shall be, for the despatch of civil business and criminal business of the Supreme Court, such divisions of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice thinks fit, including a Financial Crimes Division, a Land Division, a Family Division, and a Commercial Division, of the Supreme Court. (2) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the Chief Justice may, for the proper administration of justice, determine the jurisdiction of any division of the Supreme Court and may direct that any case before a division of the Supreme Court be transferred to, and heard by, another division of the Supreme Court. (3) Where a Judge is assigned to a division of the Supreme Court, his tenure as Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be affected and the Judge shall have full power to hear and determine any case within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. (4) No act done by a Judge shall be void or impeachable by reason that a case should have been heard by a division of the Supreme Court other than that to which he has been assigned to.

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