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Article 2

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(1)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council shall have and exercise the jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Court of Appeal or Supreme Court of Mauritius that, in the law of Mauritius, is conferred on the Committee by section 81 of the Constitution of the Republic of Mauritiusf1 (in this Order referred to as “the Constitution”) which came into operation on 12th March 1992.

(2)

The provisions of the Judicial Committee Act 1833f2 and of any rules made thereunder from time to time shall, in so far as they relate to the powers of the Committee and the procedure to be adopted with respect to proceedings before it, apply in relation to proceedings before the Committee under section 81 of the Constitution and for that purpose shall be construed with such modifications, adaptions, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary by reason of the nature of those proceedings or otherwise to bring them into conformity with the provisions of the Constitution.

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Footnotes

f1

Act No. 48 of 1991.

f2

1833 c. 41.