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Judicature Amendment (No 2) Act 1986

COOK ISLANDS

JUDICATURE AMENDMENT (NO. 2) ACT 1986

ANALYSIS

1. Short Title and commencement
2. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace

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1986, No. 15

An Act to amend the Judicature Act 1980-81

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title and commencement - (1) This Act may be cited as the Judicature Amendment (No. 2) Act 1986, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Judicature Act 1980-81 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act").

(2) This Act shall come into force on the date to be appointed by the Queen's Representative, by Order in Executive Council.

2. Jurisdiction of Justices - (1) Section 19 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (b)(i), and also from paragraph (b)(ii) the expression "$750" (as inserted by section 2 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1986) and substituting in each case the expression "$1,500".

(2) Section 20 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (b), (as inserted by section 2 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1986) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(b) In civil proceedings -

(i) In actions for the recovery of any debt or damages exceeding $1,500 but not exceeding $3,000.

(ii) In actions for the recovery of chattels exceeding in value $1,500 but not exceeding in value $3,000."

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This Act is administered in the Justice Department