A.D. 1924. Removal of (2) Any application under this Act to the High Court of Justice shall be made to the Chancery Division of the said court in such a manner as may be prescribed by rules of court. (3) At the request of both parents any application 5 under this Act to a court of summary jurisdiction may be heard in the juvenile court as defined by the Children's Act, 1908, as amended by any subsequent Acts. (4) The Summary Jurisdiction Acts shall apply to all proceedings in which by this Act power is given to a 10 court of summary jurisdiction, unless this Act expressly provides to the contrary. 15. When any application has been made under proceedings this Act to the county court, or court of summary and appeals. jurisdiction, the High Court of Justice shall, at the 15 instance of any party to such application, if satisfied that any proper ground for such removal has been made out by the applicant, have power to order such application to be removed to the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice and there proceeded with on such terms 20 as to costs as it may think just. Rules as to procedure. An appeal shall lie to the High Court of Justice from any order made by a county court or court of summary jurisdiction under this Act; and, subject to any rules of court made after the passing of this Act, any 25 such appeal shall be heard by a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice at chambers or in court, as he shall direct. 16. Rules for regulating the practice and procedure in any proceedings under this Act, and the forms in such 30 proceedings, may from time to time be made : (a) So far as respects the High Court of Justice or His Majesty's Court of Appeal, by rules of court; and (b) So far as respects any county court in like 35 manner as rules and orders respecting those courts can respectively for the time being be made; (c) The Lord Chancellor shall have the power under section twenty-nine of the Summary Jurisdiction 40 5 Act, 1879, to make rules regulating the pro- A.D. 1924. cedure of courts of summary jurisdiction under this Act, including the power to hear cases under this Act in camera. 17. Nothing in this Act contained shall in any way Extent of affect the law as contained in the Vagrancy Act, 1824, Act. and the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, nor shall the administration thereof or the procedure thereunder be in any way modified or varied by the provisions 10 of this Act. 18. This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Application Northern Ireland. of Act. To amend the Law relating to the Guardianship, Maintenance, Custody and Marriage of Infants. Viscountess Astor, Lady Terrington, Mr. Foot, Sir Robert Newman, Mr. Linfield, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Emlyn-Jones, Mr. Murray, Mr. Pethick-Lawrence, and Mr. Philip Richardson. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 18 January 1924. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; or through any Bookseller. ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. Clause. 1. Principle on which questions relating to custody, upbringing, &c., of infants, are to be decided. 2. 3. 4. Equal right of mother to apply to court. Amendment of 49 & 50 Vict. c. 27. s. 5 with respect to the custody and maintenance of infants. Power of father and mother to appoint testamentary guardians. 5. On death of either parent, without appointing guardian, surviving parent to be guardian alone or jointly with others. 6. Extension of jurisdiction to courts of summary jurisdiction. 7. Enforcement of orders for payment of money. 8. Consents required to marriage of infants. |