✨ Court Jurisdiction Proclamations
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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constituted a district within which a District Court
should be held under the said "District Courts Act,
1858:"
And whereas by such notification as aforesaid, on
the said nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, certain times were fixed for
the holding of Sessions of the District Court of
Hawke's Bay, and it is expedient that there should
be additional sittings of the said Court within the
said Province:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby further, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, fix that Sessions of the said District Court
shall also be held in the Resident Magistrate's Court
at Waipawa, in the said Province, in every year, on
the tenth day of January, the tenth day of April, the
tenth day of July, the tenth day of October, or as
soon as conveniently may be after such day
respectively.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this twenty-third day of
November, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.
G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS an Ordinance was passed by the
Governor and Legislative Council of New Zea-
land (Session II. No 3), intituled "An Ordinance to
Regulate the Constitution of Juries," and a further
Ordinance was passed by the Governor and the said
Council (Session III, No. 2), intituled an Ordinance
to make temporary provision for the constitution of
Juries."
And whereas it is enacted by the "Jury Law
Amendment Act, 1862," that the Governor in
Council may from time to time, by proclamation in
the Government Gazette of the Colony, define the
limits of Districts for the formation of Jury Lists
under the said Ordinances, now therefore I, Sir
George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, and in exercise of the
power and authority for this purpose in me vested
by the said recited Act, do hereby proclaim and
declare the district within the following limits to be
a District for the formation of a Jury List under the
said recited Ordinances, viz:-A radius of ten miles
from the Resident Magistrate's Court House at
Waipawa in the Province of Hawkes' Bay.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-third day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-six.
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by the "Jury Law Amendment Act,
1862," it is enacted that the term "Police
Magistrate," contained in an Ordinance passed by
the Governor and Legislative Council of New
Zealand, (Session II, No. 3,) entitled "An Ordinance
to regulate the constitution of Juries," and in a
further Ordinance passed by the Governor and the
said Council, (Session III, No. 2,) entitled "An
Ordinance to make temporary provisions for the con-
stitution of Juries," shall mean and imply the
Resident Magistrate for the time being of the prin-
cipal City or Town in each Province, and also the
Resident Magistrate acting in any District or Place
which may be from time to time specified in any
Proclamation to be issued in that behalf by or under
the authority of the Governor in Council: Now
therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as
aforesaid of the said Colony, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the said power and authority, do hereby, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, proclaim and declare the Resident Magistrate
exercising jurisdiction within the district bounded as
follows:-on the North-east by the Tangiro River
from its mouth to the Tutera Lake, thence by a line
North-west to the northern boundary of the Pro-
vince of Hawke's Bay; on the North by the northern
boundary of the said Province; on the West by the
western boundary of the said Province; on the
South by the southern boundary of the said Pro-
vince; on the East by the sea, excepting the town
of Napier, within the said Province of Hawke's Bay,
to be a Police Magistrate for the purposes mentioned
in the said Ordinances.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of the
Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-third day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-six
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
G. GREY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Resident Magistrates'
Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," it is
enacted that the limits of jurisdiction of any
Resident Magistrate's Court within the Colony may
be extended in manner therein set forth; and it is
further enacted that the second and third sections of
the said Act shall come into force in respect of any
Resident Magistrates' Court, on a day to be deter-
mined by a proclamation in the Government Gazette,
pursuant to an order of the Governor in Council:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
of New Zealand, in pursuance of an Order in Council
of even date herewith, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the first day of December next, shall be the
day on and from which the second and third sections
of the said "Resident Magistrates' Jurisdiction
Extension Act, 1862," shall come into force in
respect of the Court of the Resident Magis-
trate exercising jurisdiction within the district
bounded as follows: on the North-east by the
Tangiro River from its mouth to the Tutera Lake,
thence by a line north-west to the northern boundary
of the Province of Hawke's Bay; on the North by
the northern boundary of the said Province; on the
West by the western boundary of the said Province;
Province; on the East by the sea, excepting the
Town of Napier, in the said Province of Hawke's
Bay.
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Fixing additional sittings for District Court at Waipawa
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- E. W. Stafford
- G. Grey, Governor
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- E. W. Stafford
- G. Grey, Governor
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- E. W. Stafford
- G. Grey, Governor
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- E. W. Stafford
- G. Grey, Governor
NZ Gazette 1866, No 61