§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ * LORD KNUTSFORDMy Lords, I may very briefly explain the object of this Bill. The Act which established the Court of Appeal for the Windward Islands provided that a quorum of that Court should consist of three of the Chief Justices, exclusive of the Judge whose decision was appealed from. It is now thought advisable to amalgamate the offices of two of the Chief Justices, and the quorum indicated by the Act could not therefore be formed, and this Bill is to enable Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to reconstitute the Court of Appeal.
§ Bill read 2* (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.