JUDICIARY.

No. 10 of 1946.

An Act to restore the number of Justices of the High Court to the number of seven.

[Assented to 18th April, 1946.]

[Date of commencement, 16th May, 1946.]

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 1946.

(2.) The Judiciary Act 1903–1940, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Judiciary Act 1903–1946.

Justices

2. Section four of the Judiciary Act 1903–1940 is amended by omitting the word “five” and inserting in its stead the word “six”.