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In forceState Supreme Courts invested with jurisdiction other than in open court
Part IIIJurisdiction and powers of the High Court generally
Division 2Jurisdiction of single Justice
17 State Supreme Courts invested with jurisdiction other than in open court
(1)
In any matter pending in the High Court, not being a matter in which the High Court has exclusive jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of a State shall be invested with federal jurisdiction to hear and determine any applications which may be made to a Justice of the High Court sitting other than in open court.
(2)
Such jurisdiction may be exercised by a single Judge of the Supreme Court sitting in Chambers or otherwise, and the order of the Judge shall have the effect of an order of a Justice of the High Court sitting other than in open court.
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