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MAGISTRATES INDEMNITY ACT,
1856.
IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.
SESSION 4, No. 11.
ANALYSIS.
Title.
Preamble.
- All persons heretofore Gazetted as Justices to be deemed to have been duly
appointed.
2 Short title.
An Act to remove doubts respecting the validity of the appointment of certain Title.
(Assented to 29th July, 1856.)
WHEREAS, doubts have arisen respecting the validity of Preamble.
the appointments of certain persons to be Justices of the
Peace, and it is expedient that such doubts be removed;
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of
New Zealand, as follows :
- All persons whose appointments as Justices of the Peace
for the Colony or Islands of New Zealand, or for any Province
of the said Colony, have at any time heretofore been notified in
the New Zealand "Government Gazette." by the direction of
the Governor of the said Colony, or of the Officer lawfully ad-
ministering the Government thereof, shall be deemed to have
been duly appointed as such Justices, notwithstanding such per-
sons may not have been appointed by Commission under the
Public Seal of the Colony, and notwithstanding any other defect
or informality in their appointments.
All persons heretofore
Gazetted as Justices
to be deemed to have
been duly appointed
- This Act shall be intituled, and may be cited as the Short title.
"Magistrates' Indemnity Act, 1856."
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