JUDICIARY.

No. 60 of 1932.

An Act to amend the Judiciary Act 1903–1927.

[Assented to 5th December, 1932.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Judiciary Act 1932.

(2.) The Judiciary Act 1903–1927 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Judiciary Act 1903–1932.

State laws to apply as to appeals in criminal cases.

2. Section sixty-eight of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1.) after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:—

“and (d) the hearing and determination of appeals arising out of any such trial or conviction or out of any proceedings connected there’ with”; and

(b) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “State” (second occurring) the words “,and with respect to the hearing and determination of appeals arising out of any such trial or conviction or out of any proceedings connected therewith,”.