ORDER 61 : COURT SITTINGS

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1. The period from the 15th August to the 14th September, both inclusive, shall be the annual vacation of the Supreme Court provided that the Chief Justice may, if it appears to him desirable, direct sittings to be held during the vacation at such time as he may deem fit.

2. The trial of civil actions in the District Courts may be discontinued-

(a) from the 1st Monday in July for eleven weeks, that is to say, until the third Saturday in September : provided that the President of a District Court shall, on application by the Crown, and may, if it appears to him desirable, direct sittings to be held for such time as he may deem fit, for the trial of civil actions;

(b) on the day before Christmas;

(c) on Saturday before Easter;

(d) on the two days before and the day following the Greek-Orthodox Easter, so far as Greek-Orthodox litigants are concerned;

(e) for three days during Ramazan Bairam and three days during Qurban Bairam, and on the Birthday of the Prophet, so far as Moslem litigants are concerned;

(f) on the 6th January so far as Greek-Orthodox, and Armenian litigants are concerned.