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				Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)
				Introductory Text
				Main body
				Part I CONSTITUTION OF SUPREME COURT
				The Supreme Court
				1. The Supreme Court.
				The Court of Appeal
				2. The Court of Appeal.
				3. Divisions of Court of Appeal.
				The High Court
				4. The High Court.
				5. Divisions of High Court.
				6. The Patents, Admiralty and Commercial Courts.
				7. Power to alter Divisions or transfer certain courts to different Divisions.
				The Crown Court
				8. The Crown Court.
				Other provisions
				9. Assistance for transaction of judicial business of Supreme Court.
				10. Appointment of judges of Supreme Court.
				11. Tenure of office of judges of Supreme Court.
				12. Salaries etc. of judges of Supreme Court.
				13. Precedence of judges of Supreme Court.
				14. Power of judge of Supreme or Crown Court to act in cases relating to rates and taxes.
				Part II JURISDICTION
				The Court of Appeal
				15. General jurisdiction of Court of Appeal.
				16. Appeals from High Court.
				17. Applications for new trial.
				18. Restrictions on appeals to Court of Appeal.
				The High Court
				General jurisdiction
				19. General jurisdiction of High Court.
				Admiralty jurisdiction
				20. Admiralty jurisdiction of High Court.
				21. Mode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction.
				22. Restrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and other similar cases.
				23. High Court not to have jurisdiction in cases within Rhine Convention.
				24. Supplementary provisions as to Admiralty jurisdiction.
				Other particular fields of jurisdiction
				25. Probate jurisdiction of High Court.
				26. Matrimonial jurisdiction of High Court.
				27. Prize jurisdiction of High Court.
				28. Appeals from Crown Court and inferior courts.
				28A. Proceedings on case stated by magistrates' court or Crown Court.
				29. Orders of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari.
				30. Injunctions to restrain persons from acting in offices in which they are not entitled to act.
				31. Application for judicial review.
				Powers
				32. Orders for interim payment.
				32A. Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries.
				33. Powers of High Court exercisable before commencement of action.
				34. Power of High Court to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property etc. in proceedings for personal injuries or death.
				35. Provisions supplementary to ss. 33 and 34.
				35A. Power of High Court to award interest on debts and damages.
				36. Subpoena issued by High Court to run throughout United Kingdom.
				37. Powers of High Court with respect to injunctions and receivers.
				38. Relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent.
				39. Execution of instrument by person nominated by High Court.
				40. Attachment of debts.
				40A. Administrative and clerical expenses of garnishees.
				41. Wards of court.
				42. Restriction of vexatious legal proceedings.
				43. Power of High Court to vary sentence on certiorari.
				43ZA. Power of High Court to vary committal in default.
				43A. Specific powers of arbitrator exercisable by High Court.
				Other provisions
				44. Extraordinary functions of judges of High Court.
				The Crown Court
				45. General jurisdiction of Crown Court.
				46. Exclusive jurisdiction of Crown Court in trial on indictment.
				46A. Offences committed on ships and abroad.
				47. Sentences and other orders of Crown Court when dealing with offenders.
				48. Appeals to Crown Court.
				General Provisions
				Law and equity
				49. Concurrent administration of law and equity.
				50. Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for, injunction or specific performance.
				Costs
				51. Costs in civil division of Court of Appeal, High Court and county courts.
				52. Costs in Crown Court.
				Part III PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
				The Court of Appeal
				Distribution of business
				53. Distribution of business between civil and criminal divisions.
				Composition of court
				54. Court of civil division.
				55. Court of criminal division.
				56. Judges not to sit on appeal from their own judgments, etc.
				56A. Circuit judges not to sit on certain appeals.
				56B. Allocation of cases in criminal division.
				Sittings and vacations
				57. Sittings and vacations.
				Other provisions
				58. Calling into question of incidental decisions in civil division.
				59. Form of judgment of court of criminal division.
				60. Rules of court, and decisions of Court of Appeal, as to whether judgment or order is final or interlocutory.
				The High Court
				Distribution of business
				61. Distribution of business among Divisions.
				62. Business of Patents, Admiralty and Commercial Courts.
				63. Business assigned to specially nominated judges.
				64. Choice of Division by plaintiff.
				65. Power of transfer.
				Divisional courts
				66. Divisional courts of High Court.
				Mode of conducting business
				67. Proceedings in court and in chambers.
				68. Exercise of High Court jurisdiction otherwise than by judges of that court.
				69. Trial by jury.
				70. Assessors and scientific advisers.
				Sittings and vacations
				71. Sittings and vacations.
				Other provisions
				72. Withdrawal of privilege against incrimination of self or spouse in certain proceedings.
				The Crown Court
				Composition of court
				73. General provisions.
				74. Appeals and committals for sentence.
				Distribution of business
				75. Allocation of cases according to composition of court, etc.
				76. Committal for trial: alteration of place of trial.
				77. Committal for trial: date of trial.
				Sittings
				78. Sittings.
				Other provisions
				79. Practice and procedure in connection with indictable offences and appeals.
				80. Process to compel appearance.
				81. Bail.
				82. Duties of officers of Crown Court.
				83. Right of audience for solicitors in certain Crown Court centres.
				Rules of Court
				84. Power to make rules of court.
				85. The Supreme Court Rule Committee.
				86. The Crown Court Rule Committee.
				87. Particular matters for which rules of court may provide.
				Part IV OFFICERS AND OFFICES
				Appointment of certain officers of Supreme Court
				88. Qualification for office.
				89. Masters and registrars.
				90. Official Solicitor.
				91. Deputies and temporary appointments.
				Other provisions relating to officers of Supreme Court
				92. Tenure of office.
				93. Status of officers for purposes of salary and pension.
				94. . . .
				95. Property held by officers.
				Central Office and Accountant General
				96. Central Office.
				97. Accountant General.
				Judges' clerks and secretaries
				98. Judges' clerks and secretaries.
				District registries and district registrars
				99. District registries.
				100. District registrars.
				101. Power of one district registrar to act for another.
				102. Deputy district registrars.
				103. Assistant district registrars.
				District probate registries
				104. District probate registries.
				Part V PROBATE CAUSES AND MATTERS
				Procedure in probate registries in relation to grants of representation
				105. Applications.
				106. Grants by district probate registrars.
				107. No grant where conflicting applications.
				108. Caveats.
				109. Refusal of grant where capital transfer tax unpaid.
				110. Documents to be delivered to Commissioners of Inland Revenue.
				111. Records of grants.
				Powers of court in relation to personal representatives
				112. Summons to executor to prove or renounce.
				113. Power of court to sever grant.
				114. Number of personal representatives.
				115. Grants to trust corporations.
				116. Power of court to pass over prior claims to grant.
				117. Administration pending suit.
				118. Effect of appointment of minor as executor.
				119. Administration with will annexed.
				120. Power to require administrators to produce sureties.
				Revocation of grants and cancellation of resealing at instance of court
				121. Revocation of grants and cancellation of resealing at instance of court.
				Ancillary powers of court
				122. Examination of person with knowledge of testamentary document.
				123. Subpoena to bring in testamentary document.
				Provisions as to documents
				124. Place for deposit of original wills and other documents.
				125. Copies of wills and grants.
				126. Depositories for wills of living persons.
				Probate rules
				127. Probate rules.
				Interpretation of Part V and other probate provisions
				128. Interpretation of Part V and other probate provisions.
				Part VI MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
				Miscellaneous provisions
				129. Lords Commissioners to represent Lord Chancellor when Great Seal in commission.
				130. Fees to be taken in Supreme Court.
				131. Conveyancing counsel of Supreme Court.
				132. Proof of documents bearing seal or stamp of Supreme Court or any office thereof.
				133. Enrolment and engrossment of instruments.
				134. Powers of attorney deposited before October 1971.
				135. Bonds given under order of court.
				136. Production of documents filed in, or in custody of, Supreme Court.
				137. Money paid into court under enactment subsequently repealed.
				138. Effect of writs of execution against goods.
				138A. Sales under executions.
				138B. Protection of officer selling goods under execution.
				139. Attachment of National Savings Bank deposits.
				140. Enforcement of fines and forfeited recognizances.
				141. Abolition of certain writs.
				142. Selection of judges for trial of election petitions.
				143. . . .
				144. . . .
				145. Amendment of Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968.
				146. Amendment of Courts Act 1971.
				147. Amendment of Solicitors Act 1974.
				148. Amendment of Arbitration Act 1979.
				149. . . .
				Supplementary
				150. Admiralty jurisdiction: provisions as to Channel Islands, Isle of Man, colonies etc.
				151. Interpretation of this Act, and rules of construction for other Acts and documents.
				152. Amendments of other Acts, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
				153. Citation, commencement and extent.
				Schedules
				SCHEDULE 1 Distribution of Business in High Court
				SCHEDULE 2 List of Offices in Supreme Court for Purposes of Part IV
				Part I 1. Office 2. Persons qualified 1. Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the
				Part II {1. Office 2. Persons qualified 3. Master, Queen's Bench Division. 3. A person who has a 7 year ...}
				Part III {1. Office 2. Persons qualified 12. District probate registrar. 12.-(1) A person who has a 5 yea...}
				SCHEDULE 3 . . .
				SCHEDULE 4 Construction of References to Superseded Courts and Officers
				SCHEDULE 5 Consequential Amendments
				SCHEDULE 6 Transitional Provisions and Savings
				SCHEDULE 7 {Section 152(4) Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal 33 Hen. 8. c. 39. Crown Debts Act 1541. The...}

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