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THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS
POWERS ACT, 1856.
IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN
VICTORIA.
SESSION 4, No. 34.
ANALYSIS.
Title.
Preamble.
- Power to Superintendents and Provin-
cial Councils to enact laws altering the
civil jurisdiction of Courts having juris-
diction in cases when not more than £20
claimed. - Power to Superintendents and Provincial
Councils to enact laws imposing a pen-
alty not exceeding £100 or six months
imprisonment. - Short Title.
AN ACT to extend the Powers in certain cases of Superintendents and Provin- Title.
cial Councils.
[16th August, 1856. Reserved for Her Majesty's assent.]
Preamble,
WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the Session held
in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her present Majesty,
intituled "an Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zea-
land," it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superinten-
dent of each Province established by the said Act, with the advice and consent of the
Provincial Council thereof, to make and ordain all such laws and Ordinances
(subject and except as thereinafter mentioned) as may be required for the peace,
order, and good government of such Province, provided that the same be not re-
pugnant to the Law of England, and it is further enacted that it shall not be
lawful for any such Superintendent and Provincial Council to make or ordain
any Law or Ordinance for the establishment or abolition of any
Court of judicature, of civil or criminal jurisdiction, except Courts for trying
and punishing such offences, as by the law of New Zealand are or may be made
punishable in a summary way, or for altering the constitution,
jurisdiction, or practice of any such Court, except as aforesaid; and it is further
enacted that it shall not be lawful for any such Superintendent and Provincial
Council to make or ordain any Law or Ordinance for altering in any way the
Criminal Law of New Zealand, except so far as relates to the trial and punish-
ment of such offences as are now or may by the Criminal Law of New
Zealand be punishable in a summary way. And it is further enacted that it
shall be lawful for the General Assembly to alter the provisions of the said Act
respecting the powers of such Provincial Councils as aforesaid, provided
always that any Bill for such purpose shall be reserved for the signification of
her Majesty's pleasure thereon, And whereas for the purpose of enforcing
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🏛️ The Provincial Councils Powers Act, 1856 (No. 34)
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration16 August 1856
Legislation, Provincial Councils, Powers, Jurisdiction, Imperial Parliament, Assent