New Zealand Gazette – 1854 – No. 37

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✨ Legislation Publication and Act Text

DIEU
SOIT OUI MAL
E
NEW ZEALAND
DROIT
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature
thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to
whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Excellency's Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.

VOL. II.] AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, Nov. 11, 1854. [No. 37.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
November 4, 1854.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the New Zealand Constitution Act, His
Excellency the Officer Administering the Government directs the publication
of the following Acts of the General Assembly for public information.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.

LAW PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1854.

IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA.

No. 8.

ANALYSIS.

Title.
Preamble.

Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court
may act as general Law Practitioners
within this Colony and its dependencies.
No action to be carried on against any Bar-
rister for having acted as Solicitor.
Short Title.

AN ACT to enable the Barristers and the Solicitors of the Su- Title.
preme Court to act as general Law Practitioners.

(Assented to 14th September, 1854.)

WHEREAS by the Ordinance Number three of the late Legis- Preamble, Ordinance
lative Council of this Colony, passed in the ninth Session Session 9, No. 3.
thereof, it was enacted that it should be lawful for any person being
a Barrister or Solicitor of the Supreme Court, to act therein in the
twofold capacity of Barrister and Solicitor, for a period of five years
from the passing of such Ordinance, subject to the proviso therein
contained.

AND WHEREAS the said Ordinance expired in the month of
November in the year last passed, and has not since been revived,
nor any of the provisions thereof.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1854, No 37

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Publication of Acts of the General Assembly for Public Information

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated4 November 1854
KeywordsPublication, General Assembly Acts, Constitution Act, Official Command
👩‍💼 Officials

ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary

🏛️ Law Practitioners Act, 1854

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated14 September 1854
KeywordsLegislation, Barristers, Solicitors, Supreme Court, Ordinance, General Assembly

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