(1) The Court of the Judicial Commissioner shall be the highest civil and criminal court of appeal and revision in Goa, Daman and Diu and shall have all such jurisdiction as under the law in force immediately before the commencement of this Regulation was exercisable in respect of that territory by the Tribunal de Relacao
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub section (I),—
(a) appe. Is from the judgments, decrees, orders and sentences of sutordinate courts in Goa, Daman and Diu shall lie subject to th< provisions of any law for the time being in force, to the Court nf the Judicial Commissioner;
(b) the Court of the Judicial Commissioner may call for the record of any case which has been decided by a subordinate court and in which no appeal lies to it, and—
(i) if such subordinate court appears to have exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law, or to have failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested, or to have acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction with material irregularity, or
(it) if on an application made to it the Court of the Judicial Commissioner is of opinion that there is an important question of law or custom involved and such question requires further consideration, the Court of the Judicial Commissioner may make such order in the case as it thinks fit:
Provided that no application under sub-clause (ii) of this clause shall be admitted after the expiration of ninety days from the date of the order in respect of which the application is made unless the applicant satisfies the Court of the Judicial Commissioner that he had sufficient cause for not making the application within that period.
9. Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by rules made by the Judicial Commissioner, any subordinate court may state a case and refer the same for the opinion of the Court of the Judicial Commissioner, aiA the Court of the Judicial Commissioner may make such order thereon as it thinks fit:
Provided that where a subordinate court is satisfied that a case pending before it involves a question as to the valid ty of any law in force the determination of which is necessary for the disposal of the case and is of opinion that such law is invalid or inoperative, the subordinate court shall state a case stating its opinion and the reasons therefor and refer the same for the opinion of the Court of the Judicial Commissioner.
Civil «nd criminal jurisdiction of the court of the Judicial Commissioner.
Reference to the Court of the Judicial Commissioner.
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