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Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
sec.43Reserved judgments
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### sec.43 Reserved judgments
If a proceeding is set down for judgment, it is not necessary for all or any of the judges of appeal before whom it was heard to be present in court when the judgment is pronounced.
The opinion of any of the judges of appeal may be reduced to writing and may be made public by any judge of appeal at a sitting of the Court of Appeal at which judgment in the proceeding is pronounced.
A question in the proceeding is to be decided in the same way, and the judgment of the Court of Appeal has the same effect, as if each judge of appeal whose opinion is so made public had been present in court and declared his or her opinion in person.
For the purpose of pronouncing judgment under this section, the Court of Appeal may be constituted by a single judge of appeal who need not have been present at the hearing.
s 43 amd 2011 No. 45 s 186
(sec.43-ssec.1) If a proceeding is set down for judgment, it is not necessary for all or any of the judges of appeal before whom it was heard to be present in court when the judgment is pronounced.
(sec.43-ssec.2) The opinion of any of the judges of appeal may be reduced to writing and may be made public by any judge of appeal at a sitting of the Court of Appeal at which judgment in the proceeding is pronounced.
(sec.43-ssec.3) A question in the proceeding is to be decided in the same way, and the judgment of the Court of Appeal has the same effect, as if each judge of appeal whose opinion is so made public had been present in court and declared his or her opinion in person.
(sec.43-ssec.4) For the purpose of pronouncing judgment under this section, the Court of Appeal may be constituted by a single judge of appeal who need not have been present at the hearing.