Cap. 12 ст. 58Registries. Repealed by: XI.1858.3.

(1) There shall be such registries of the Courts and other tribunals established by law, as the Minister responsible for justice may by regulations under this article establish.

(2) Such regulations shall assign to each court or tribunal the registry that is to serve it and more than one court or tribunal may in accordance with such registries be so served by the same registry.

(3) Any reference in any law to the registry of any particular court or tribunal shall be deemed to be a reference to the registry assigned to such court or tribunal by the Minister in regulations made under this article.

(4) Each registry shall be headed by a public officer designated by the Minister for the purpose and, failing such designation, by the Director General (Courts). The head of each registry is hereinafter referred to as ''the registrar''.

(5) Each registrar shall have the functions, powers and duties vested in him by this Code or by any other applicable law as well as by any regulation which may, from time to time, be made by the Minister responsible for justice.

(6) The duties of the registrar, including any duties during sittings of the courts, shall be carried out by the registrar personally or by such other persons or by court executive officers as the Minister responsible for justice may designate or, failing such designation, by any person so delegated by the registrar, and such designation may also specify the duties that shall be carried out by each such person or officer.

(7) Any provision in this Code or in any other law or regulation which makes reference to the registrar shall be construed as a reference to the registrar of such registry to which the provision refers or the registrar heading the registry assigned to serve that court and, failing any such reference, it shall be construed as a reference to the registrar responsible for the registry assigned to serve the Civil Court.

(8) Subject to the provisions of this Code and of any rules made under article 29, the registrar shall take orders from the judicial authorities in relation to any judicial proceedings and in relation to any judicial act, that is to say:

(a) in the superior courts in matters concerning a particular court, he shall take orders from the judge or from the judges, if there are two or more judges, of that court; in other cases, he shall take orders from the Chief Justice; and

(b) in the inferior courts, he shall take orders from the magistrates of the particular court.

(9) The provisions of sub-article (8) shall, subject to the provisions of article 69, apply, to court executive mutatis mutandis, officers.

(10) The Director General (Courts), the registrar and any of the court executive officers so designated by the Minister responsible for justice shall, for the purposes of the Commissioners for Oaths Ordinance, be Commissioners for Oaths. ex officio