TABLE I.-JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council exercises the functions of a final Court of Appeal from the Courts of the Dominions and Colonies, It also advises the Sovereign upon matters which may be specially referred to it by Him under Section 4 of the Judicial Committee Act of 1833; PETITIONS FOR SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL.-66 petitions were heard. Leave to appeal was granted in 24 cases. OTHER PETITIONS AND MOTIONS IN APPEALS (Revivors, Committee Orders, etc.). Number heard 33, number granted 27. SPECIAL REFERENCES TO THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE of Petitions to His Majesty, and other matters, 4. TAXATION OF COSTS :-Bills Taxed, 101. Costs brought in, £49,591. Costs Allowed, £42,207. DAYS OF SITTING, 120. On 30 of these days the Judicial Committee sat in two divisions. TABLE II.-HOUSE OF LORDS. Judicial Proceedings. The nature of the functions of the House of Lords and its constitution for the purpose of hearing Appeals are defined by the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876: An Appeal lies to the House of Lords from any order or judgment: (1) of the Court of Appeal in England; (2) of any Court in Scotland from which error or an Appeal lay before commencement of this Act by Common Law or Statute; (3) of any Court in Northern Ireland from which error or an Appeal lay before commencement of this Act by Common Law or Statute. An Appeal is not heard by the House unless there are present not less than three of the following persons designated Lords of Appeal, i.e. (a) Lord Chancellor; and (b) Lords of Appeal in Ordinary; (c) Such Peers of Parliament as hold or have held high judicial office. (For definition vide section 25 Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876). Under the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, section I, subsection 6, an appeal lies from the Court of Criminal Appeal in certain cases. |