Article 11 Legal proceedings

All proceedings that, immediately before Independence Day, are pending before any court established by or under the existing Constitution may be continued and concluded on and after that day before the corresponding court established by or under the Constitution.

Any decision given before Independence Day by any such court as aforesaid shall for the purpose of its enforcement or for the purposes of any appeal therefrom have effect on and after that day as if it were a decision of the corresponding court established by or under the Constitution.

Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, any appeals from the Gilbert Islands pending before the Fiji Court of Appeal the hearing of which by that Court has commenced before Independence Day shall be continued and concluded on and after that day before that Court; and any decision given by that Court shall for the purpose of its enforcement have effect as if it were a decision of the Court of Appeal.