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APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887

APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876.
[16th September 1887]
Preamble, which referred to Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, rep. by
SLR 1908

APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887 - SECT 1
Lord of Appeal may take his seat during prorogation.

1. Notwithstanding anything in the eighth section of the said Act
contained, every Lord of Appeal shall be empowered to take his seat
and the oaths at any such sitting of the House of Lords during
prorogation.

S.2 rep. by SL(R) 1977

APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887 - SECT 3
Amendment of 1833 c.41.

3. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as formed under the
provisions of the first section of the Judicial Committee Act, 1833,
shall include such members of Her Majesty's Privy Council as are
for the time being holding or have held any of the offices in the
Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and this Act, described as high
judicial offices.

S.4 rep. by 1929 c.8 (19 & 20 Geo.5) s.1(7)

APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887 - SECT 5
Amendment of 1876 c.59 s.25.

5. The expression "high judicial office" as defined in the
twenty-fifth section of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, shall
be deemed to include the office of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
and the office of a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council.

APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1887 - SECT 6
Short title.

6. This Act may be cited as the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1887.