Judicial Committee Act 1833

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The Judicial Committee Act 1833 is a UK statute that reorganized and formalized the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as a central imperial appellate court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom statute
appliesTo appeals from British colonies
appeals from British dominions
appeals from admiralty courts
appeals from certain ecclesiastical courts
areaOfLaw constitutional law
judicial administration
citationStyle Judicial Committee Act 1833 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Judicial Committee Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will 4 c 41)
classification constitutional reform act
Judicature Acts
surface form: judicature act
country United Kingdom
createdBody Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
governs composition of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
procedure of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
historicalPeriod 19th century
historicalSignificance established the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the final court of appeal for much of the British Empire
influenced development of imperial appellate jurisdiction
jurisdiction United Kingdom
languageOfDocument English
legalStatus partly in force
legislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
longTitle An Act for the better Administration of Justice in His Majesty’s Privy Council
monarchAtEnactment William IV
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
providedFor appointment of members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
constitution of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
procedures for hearing appeals to the Privy Council
purpose to create a central imperial appellate court
to establish a formal Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
to reorganize the appellate jurisdiction of the Privy Council
region England and Wales
Ireland
Scotland
relatedTo Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876
Judicial Committee Act 1844
Privy Council
reorganizedBody Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
royalAssent 1833
shortTitle Judicial Committee Act 1833 self-link
subjectMatter Privy Council
appellate jurisdiction
judicial system
typeOfLegislation public general act
yearEnacted 1833

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council legalBasis Judicial Committee Act 1833
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council governingLaw Judicial Committee Act 1833
this entity surface form: Judicial Committee Acts
Judicial Committee Act 1833 shortTitle Judicial Committee Act 1833 self-link
Judicial Committee Act 1833 citationStyle Judicial Committee Act 1833 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Judicial Committee Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will 4 c 41)
JCPC establishedBy Judicial Committee Act 1833
subject surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
JCPC governingStatute Judicial Committee Act 1833
subject surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council