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Section 47 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Court of Appeal to sit in divisions

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47 Court of Appeal to sit in divisions (1) For the purposes of proceedings in the Court of Appeal, the Court of Appeal sits in divisions comprising 3 Judges. (2) Each division may exercise all the powers of the Court of Appeal. (3) A division may exercise the powers of the Court of Appeal even though 1 or more divisions of the court or a full court exercises those powers at the same time. (4) A majority of the members of a division may, if they consider it desirable, refer a proceeding, or state a case, or reserve a question for consideration by a full court of the Court of Appeal. A full court has power to hear and determine the proceeding, case, or question. Compare: 1908 No 89 s 58

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