§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Sir G. HEWARTI beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a second time." This is in no sense a contentious measure. It is approved by Judges of the High Court, by County Court Judges, and by the Law Society. It provides for a certain extension of the powers of the County Court. it is a remarkable fact that since the Act of 1888 there has been no considerable amending Act of Parliament to extend the jurisdiction of the County Court. The present Bill supplies that need. I do not 1089 think it is necessary to enter into the many details of the Bill, but I simply move the Second Reading.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill accordingly read a second time.
§ Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve itself into the Committee on the Bill.—[Sir G. Hewart.]
§ Bill accordingly considered in Committee.
§ (Sir E. CORNWALL, Deputy-Chairman, in the Chair.]
§ Clause 1 (Transfer of Actions of Contract, of Tort, and for Recovery of Land from High Court to County Court) ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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- CLAUSE 2.—(Transfer of Actions of Tort where Plaintiff is Without Visible Means of Paying Costs.) 1,093 words cc1092-3
- CLAUSE 22.—(Juries.) 454 words c1093
- CLAUSE 26.—(Distribution of Compensation on the Death of a Dependant.) 387 words c1094
- CLAUSE 27.—(Short Title, Commencement, and Repeal.) 325 words