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Judicature Amendment Act 2007

COOK ISLANDS

Judicature Amendment Act 2007

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Jurisdiction of High Court presided over by a Justice
3. Validation of orders

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2007, No. 21

An Act to amend the Judicature Act 1980-81

(15 August 2007

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

1. Short Title - (1) This Act may be cited as the Judicature Amendment Act 2007 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Judicature Act 1980-81 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act").

2. Jurisdiction of High Court presided over by a Justice - Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by adding after paragraph (m) (as inserted by section 4 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1998), the following new paragraph -

"(n) notwithstanding section 479(1) of the Cook Islands Act 1915, any application for an order of confirmation in respect of the alienation of Native land pursuant to the provisions of that section."

3. Validation of orders - Where before the coming into force of this Act a Justice of the Peace has made an order confirming or purporting to have confirmed any alienation of Native land pursuant to the provisions of the Cook Islands Act 1915, every such order is hereby deemed to be and to have always been as valid and effectual as if it had been made by a Judge of the High Court and shall have and be deemed to have always had effect according to its tenor.

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This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice