Judicature Act 1908 Explained

Short Title:Judicature Act
Legislature:New Zealand Parliament
Long Title:An Act to consolidate certain Enactments of the General Assembly relating to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, and to certain Rules and Provisions of Law in Judicial Matters generally
Royal Assent:4 August 1908
Date Repealed:1 January 2018
Related:Supreme Court Act 2003
Senior Courts Act 2016
Status:repealed

The Judicature Act was an act of the New Zealand Parliament passed as part of the 1908 consolidation, to provide for a system of appellate courts. It received royal assent on 4 August 1908.

The act was largely repealed as of 1 March 2017 by the Senior Courts Act 2016 and other acts as part of a judicature modernisation package. It was repealed as a whole on 1 January 2018 when remaining provisions of the new acts came into force.

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