225. Jurisdiction of existing High Courts.—
Subject to the provisions
of this Constitution and to the provisions of any law of the appropriate
Legislature made by virtue of powers conferred on that Legislature by this
Constitution, the jurisdiction of, and the law administered in, any existing High
Court, and the respective powers of the Judges thereof in relation to the
administration of justice in the Court, including any power to make rules of
Court and to regulate the sittings of the Court and of members thereof sitting
alone or in Division Courts, shall be the same as immediately before the
commencement of this Constitution:
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[Provided that any restriction to which the exercise of original
jurisdiction by any of the High Courts with respect to any matter concerning
the revenue or concerning any act ordered or done in the collection thereof was
subject immediately before the commencement of this Constitution shall no
longer apply to the exercise of such jurisdiction.]
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