Constitution of The BahamasIn briefLets Parliament arrange for a court of appeal shared with other Commonwealth countries, or another Commonwealth court, to hear appeals from Bahamian courts.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Part of this Chapter, Parliament may make provisions-
Despite anything else in this Part of this Chapter, Parliament may make provision:
for implementing arrangements made between the Government of The Bahamas and the Government or Governments of any other part or parts of the Commonwealth relating to the establishment of a court of appeal to be shared by The Bahamas with that part or those parts of the Commonwealth, and for the hearing and determination by such a court of appeal of appeals from decisions of any court in The Bahamas; or
to put into effect arrangements made between the Government of The Bahamas and the Government or Governments of any other part or parts of the Commonwealth to set up a court of appeal shared by The Bahamas with that part or those parts of the Commonwealth, and for that shared court of appeal to hear and decide appeals from decisions of any court in The Bahamas; or
for the hearing and determination of appeals from decisions of any court in The Bahamas by a court established for any other part of the Commonwealth.
for appeals from decisions of any court in The Bahamas to be heard and decided by a court set up for any other part of the Commonwealth.
A law enacted in pursuance of paragraph 81) of this Article may provide that the jurisdiction conferred on any such court as is referred to in that paragraph shall be to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal established by this Part of this Chapter; and during any period when jurisdiction is so conferred to the exclusion of the whole jurisdiction of the said Court of Appeal, Parliament may suspend the provisions of this Part establishing that Court.
A law made under paragraph (1) of this Article may provide that the jurisdiction (legal authority) given to such a court replaces, wholly or partly, the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal set up by this Part of this Chapter. During any period when the whole of that Court of Appeal's jurisdiction is replaced in this way, Parliament may suspend the provisions of this Part that set up that Court.
In paragraph (1) of this Article the expression "any court in the Bahamas" includes the Court of Appeal established by this Part of this Chapter.
In paragraph (1) of this Article, "any court in The Bahamas" includes the Court of Appeal set up by this Part of this Chapter.