suits may be heard iB9B h N mb 42 S 22

Proceedings not to

judge may sit in chambers to hear 1867 No 94 sco 53 Power of judge in chambers. 1 ' seo ' ' mienisTlJlTw trial. ibid, sec 55; 1881, s^rn7n B ee b rtaTn horn oases. 1867, No.94,sec 56 Affidavits, before rn h certai , n b otto° rn cases. ibid, sec 57 Forging seal or

Power of Judge in Chambers. Ibid, sec 54. Judge may grant rule nisi for new trial. Ibid, sea. 55; 1881, No. 48, sec. 3 Affidavits, by whom sworn in certain casea. 186Y, No. 94, seo. 56

Affidavits, before whom to be sworn in certain other cases. Ibid, see 57

Forging seal or signature. Ibid, see 58

66. The Court may, on the application of either the petitioner or c respondent, or at its discretion, if it thinks it proper in the interests of public morals, hear and try any such suit or proceeding in Chambers, and may at all times in any suit or proceeding, whether heard and tried in Chambers or in open Court, make an order for- 5 bidding the publication of any report or account of the evidence or other proceedings therein, either as to the whole or any portion thereof; and the breach of any such order, or any colourable or attempted evasion thereof, may be dealt with as contempt of Court, 67. It shall be lawful for any Judge of the Court in any cause 10 0 s ft { n Chambers for the despatch of such part of the business of Court as in the opinion of the said Judge can with advantage to the suitors be heard in Chambers; and the time at which such sitting shall be held shall from time to time be fixed by such Judge : Provided always that no question shall be heard in Chambers which 15 either party shall require to be heard in open Court. 68. Such Judge, when so sitting in Chambers, shall have and exercise the same power and jurisdiction in respect of the business to be brought before him as if sitting in open Court. 69 - Where any trial shall have been heard by a jury before the 20 Court, or upon any issue directed by the Court, it shall be lawful for Court to grant a rule nisi for a new trial. 70. In cases where it shall be necessary to obtain affidavits, declarations, or affirmations from persons residing in foreign parts out of His Majesty's dominions the same may be sworn, declared, or 25 affirmed before any British ambassador, envoy, minister, charge d' affaires, or secretary of embassy or legation exercising his functions in any foreign country, or before any British consul-general, consul, vice-consul, acting-consul, pro-consul, or consular agent : Provided that in places where there are no such persons as are last mentioned 30 such affidavits, declarations, or affirmations may be made, declared, and affirmed before any foreign local Magistrate or other person having authority to administer an oath there. 71. Affidavits, declarations, and affirmations for the purposes of this Act ma y be taken and sworn in England, Scotland, Ireland, 35 the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or any colony, island, plantation, or place out of England under the dominion of His Majesty, before any Court, Judge, notary public, or person lawfully authorised to administer oaths in such country, colony, island, plantation, or place respectively; or, as far as relates to the Isle of Man and the 40 Channel Islands, before any commissary, ecclesiastical Judge, or surrogate, who at the time of the passing of the Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the twentieth and twenty-first years of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter seventy-seven, was authorised to administer 45 oaths in the Isle of Man or in the Channel Islands respectively; and all Judges, Registrars, and other officers of the Supreme Court of New Zealand shall take judicial notice of the seal or signature, as the case may be, of any such Judge, notary public, or person which shall be attached, suspended, or subscribed to any such affidavit, 50 declaration, or affirmation, or to any other document. 72, if an y person shall forge any such seal or signature as last aforesaid, or any seal or signature impressed, affixed, or subscribed

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