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purpose of enforcing or securing the enforcement of any of the
provisions of sections 26 to 40 (inclusive) of this Constitution:
Provided that the High Court may decline to
exercise its powers under this subsection if it is satisfied that
adequate means of redress for the contravention alleged are or
have been available to the person concerned under any other
law.
(3) If in any proceedings in any court (other
than the Court of Appeal or the High Court or a court-martial)
any question arises as to the contravention of any of the
provisions of sections 26 to 40 (inclusive) of this Constitution,
the person presiding in that court may, and shall if any party to
the proceedings so requests, refer the question to the High
Court unless, in his opinion, the raising of the question is
merely frivolous or vexatious.
(4) Where any question is referred to the High
Court in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section, the High
Court shall give its decision upon the question and the court in
which the question arose shall dispose of the case in accordance
with that decision or, if that decision is the subject of an appeal
to the Court of Appeal or to the Judicial Committee or to any
other court having final appellate jurisdiction in respect of
appeals from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in substitution
for the Judicial Committee, in accordance with the decision of
the Court of Appeal or, as the case may be, of the Judicial
Committee or of such other final appellate court.
(5) The High Court shall have such powers in
addition to those conferred by this section as may be conferred
upon it by Parliament for the purpose of enabling it more
effectively to exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it by this
section.
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