Mandamus Prohibition Ouster of office
33 Mandamus Prohibition Ouster of office
The High Court may make orders or direct the issue of writs:
commanding the performance by any court invested with federal jurisdiction, of any duty relating to the exercise of its federal jurisdiction; or
requiring any court to abstain from the exercise of any federal jurisdiction which it does not possess; or
commanding the performance of any duty by any person holding office under the Commonwealth; or
removing from office any person wrongfully claiming to hold any office under the Commonwealth; or
of mandamus; or
of habeas corpus.
This section shall not be taken to limit by implication the power of the High Court to make any order or direct the issue of any writ.
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