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RULES OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

SCHEDULE 15.1 — AMENDMENTS
Rule 15.20

General
1. Except as provided by paragraphs 6 and 7, in any statutory provision for ‘Civil Divisions’,
‘Chancery Division’, ‘Common Law Division’ or ‘Family Division’ substitute ‘Civil Division’.
2. In any statutory provision a reference (however expressed) to —
(a) the superior jurisdiction or summary jurisdiction of the court or of the Common Law
Division, or
(b) the court or the Common Law Division exercising superior jurisdiction or summary
jurisdiction,
shall be construed as a reference to the Civil Division.
3. In any statutory provision a reference to a petition of doleance shall be construed as an
application to the court in accordance with —
(a) Chapter 9 of Part 13 (review of detention),
(b) rule 14.16 (appeal by way of case stated), or
(c) Chapter 2 of Part 14 (review of lawfulness of decision etc.),
as the case may require.
4. Where any rules of court provide that the Rules of the High Court of Justice 1952 shall apply
(with or without modifications) to the commencement of, or to the practice or procedure in, any
proceedings to which the rules apply, the reference to the said Rules of 1952 shall be construed as a
reference to these Rules.
Action of Arrest Act 1953 (XVIII p.160)
5. In section 1 —
(a) for subsection (4) substitute —
"(4) The defendant shall be released from arrest on filing in the General Registry
in accordance with rules of court an acknowledgment of service and an undertaking in writing
to submit himself irrevocably to the jurisdiction of the court.";
(b) omit subsection (5).

Interpretation Act 1976 (c.20)
6. In section 3 —
(a) for the definition of ‘the Civil Divisions’ substitute —
‘‘the Civil Division’ means the Civil Division of the High Court;’;
(b) omit the definitions of ‘Chancery Division’, ‘Common Law Division’ and ‘Family
Division’.
High Court Act 1991 (c.12)
7. (1) In section 2, for subsection (1) substitute —
‘(1) The High Court shall have the following divisions —
(a) the Civil Division (in this Act referred to as ‘the Civil Division’); and
(b) the Staff of Government Division (in this Act referred to as ‘the Appeal
Division’).’
(2) In sections 19(1), 20(2) and 21(1), for ‘any of the Civil Divisions’ substitute ‘the
Civil Division’.
(3) In section 58(1), for the definition of ‘Civil Divisions’ substitute —
‘‘the Civil Division’ means the Civil Division of the High Court;’.

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