This Act may be cited as the Judicature Amendment Act, 1935, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Judicature Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

The Supreme Court shall consist of one Judge, who shall be called the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and nine other Judges.

The last preceding subsection is in substitution for subsection one of section two of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, as enacted in section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1923, and the last-mentioned section is hereby accordingly repealed.

Section five of the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913, is hereby amended by adding to subsection two the following proviso:—

Where for the purpose of disposing of any action or other matter which is being tried by a Judge of the Supreme Court with a jury it is necessary to ascertain the law of any other country which is applicable to the facts of the case, any question as to the effect of the evidence given with respect to that law shall, instead of being submitted to the jury, be decided by the Judge alone.