§ (1) An appeal shall lie to the High Court of Appeal for Ireland from any decision of the Court of Appeal in Southern Ireland or the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, and all questions which under the Crown Cases Act, 1848, would be reserved for the decision of the Judges of the High Court shall be reserved for the decision of the High Court of Appeal for Ireland, whose decision shall be final, and the High Court of Appeal for Ireland shall have jurisdiction and power to hear and determine all such appeals and questions subject to the rules or orders of the Court.
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI beg to move, in Sub-section (1), after the word "shall" ["whose decision shall be final"], to insert the words, "except as hereinafter provided."
1304 This is a drafting Amendment. The Clause as it stands provides that cases which would be reserved for the decision of the High Court shall in future be reserved for the decision of the High Court of Appeal for Ireland. It is not intended, however, to prevent an appeal from a decision of the High Court of Appeal to the House of Lords, where such decision would involve a question as to the validity of some law of either of the Irish Parliaments, and the object of this Amendment is to make it clear that such an appeal would lie under Clause 48 of the Bill.
§ Amendment agreed to.