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Judiciary Act 1946

Authoritative Version
  • - C1946A00010
  • No longer in force
Act No. 10 of 1946 as made
An Act to restore the number of Justices of the High Court to the number of seven.
Date of Assent 18 Apr 1946
Date of repeal 24 Jun 2014
Repealed by Amending Acts 1901 to 1969 Repeal Act 2014

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”.