S-33 - Stenographers’ Act

Updated to 1 April 1999

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chapter S-33

Stenographers’ Act

1. The clerk of the Superior Court of each district shall supply competent stenographers to take the depositions of witnesses, in appealable cases before the Superior Court.

R. S. 1964, c. 30, s. 1.

2. Such stenographers shall be officers of the Superior Court and subject to its control, but they shall be chosen by the parties.

R. S. 1964, c. 30, s. 2.

3. The efficiency of such stenographers shall be established by examinations held by a committee of the Bar of each district, appointed for that purpose by the council of the Bar in districts where there is a section of the Bar, and by the majority of the advocates entered on the general roll in other districts.

R. S. 1964, c. 30, s. 3.

4. The Government may make, amend and replace all tariffs of fees for the taking of evidence by stenography, as well as for transcribing the same, and determine the manner in which such fees shall be paid.

R. S. 1964, c. 30, s. 4.

5. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987).

1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.

REPEAL SCHEDULE

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 30 of the Revised Statutes, 1964, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed effective from the coming into force of chapter S-33 of the Revised Statutes.