# The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009, Paragraph 83: Sittings of Supreme Court

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Supreme Court may sit in St Helena or outside St Helena.
(2) The Chief Justice and any other judge or acting judge of the Supreme Court may hold sittings of the Court when outside St Helena, if satisfied that—
(a) a matter arising in a proceeding before the Court needs to be dealt with promptly;
(b) every party to the proceeding is able to participate, in person or through a legal representative, by teleconference or other means of electronic, oral or written communication;
(c) no injustice will result; and
(d) the course proposed is in the public interest.
(3) The Chief Justice when outside St Helena may exercise such powers of revision, variation, confirmation or setting aside of any sentence or order made by a subordinate court as are conferred on him or her by any law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1751/schedule/paragraph/83 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-83
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