CTHIn ForceLegislation
Supreme Court Ordinance 1955 (CKI)
12Court to sit without jury
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 12
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Supreme Court Ordinance 1955 (CKI).
12 Court to sit without jury
(1) Notwithstanding any other law in force in the Territory, all civil proceedings before the Supreme Court shall be heard and determined by the Court sitting without a jury. (2) A provision in a law of the Territory providing for, or relating to: (a) trial by jury; or (b) the empanelling of a jury; does not apply to civil proceedings in the Territory. (3) A reference in a law of the Territory to the verdict of a jury shall, in relation to civil proceedings, be read as a reference to the judgment of the Court.