# The Falkland Islands Courts (Overseas Jurisdiction) Order 1989, Article 9: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands appeals.


(1) The Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeals from the courts of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as may be prescribed by any law in force in that Territory.
(2) In connection with an appeal in any proceedings from a court of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands the Court of Appeal shall, subject to the provisions of any law in force in that Territory, have all the powers and jurisdiction that are possessed by that court in those proceedings under any law in force in that Territory.
(3) The Court of Appeal may, in accordance with such directions as the President of the Court may from time to time issue, sit in the Falkland Islands or elsewhere for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction and powers conferred on it by or under this section.
(4) In this section—
(a) the expression “court of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands” shall be construed as including the Supreme Court and the Magistrate’s Court of the Falkland Islands, to the extent that this Order confers jurisdiction on those courts to hear and determine proceedings in respect of matters arising under the law of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands;
(b) the term “appeal” shall be construed as including a reference of a case to the Court of Appeal which, under any law in force in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, takes effect as an appeal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2399/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-9
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