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Justices Act 1959
115Rule to show cause and order thereon
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### 115 Rule to show cause and order thereon
> > (1) Where a justice refuses to do an act relating to the duties of his office as justice, the person requiring the act to be done may apply to the Supreme Court or a judge, upon an affidavit of the facts, for a rule or order calling upon the justice and the person to be affected by the act to show cause why the act should not be done.
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> > (2) If after due service of the rule or order good cause is not shown against it, the court or judge may make it absolute with or without or upon payment of costs.
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> > (3) Upon being served with the rule or order absolute, the justice shall obey it and do the act by it required to be done.
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> > (4) No action or proceeding may be commenced or prosecuted against the justice for having obeyed the rule and done the act thereby required.