✨ Samoa Constitution Order
1620
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51
Prisons and Police.
40. Establishment of prisons.
41. Detention, and removal from one prison to another.
42. Temporary confinement elsewhere than in prison.
43. Appointment of officers of police and prisons.
Education.
44. Establishment of public schools.
The Seal of Samoa.
45. The Seal of Western Samoa.
PART II.
THE LEGISLATIVE GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA.
46. Administrator may make Ordinances.
47. Legislative Council of Western Samoa.
48. Membership of Legislative Council.
49. Meetings of Legislative Council.
50. Administrator to preside at meetings of Council.
51. Quorum.
52. Rules of procedure.
53. Clerk of Legislative Council.
54. Assent of Administrator.
55. Commencement of Ordinances so assented to.
56. Transmission to Minister of Ordinances so assented to.
57. Disallowance of Ordinances.
58. Language of Ordinances.
59. Publication in Western Samoa Gazette.
60. Partial validity of Ordinances.
61. Scope of Ordinances.
62. Limitation of powers of Legislative or Executive Government of Samoa.
PART III.
THE HIGH COURT OF WESTERN SAMOA.
63. High Court established.
64. Judges and Commissioners of the High Court.
65. Tenure and salaries of Judges and Commissioners.
66. Powers of Judges.
67. Commissioners of the High Court.
68. Registrar of the High Court.
69. Deputy Registrars.
70. Administrative officers.
71. Seal of the High Court.
72. Records of the High Court.
73. Jurisdiction of the High Court.
74. Rules and procedure of Court.
75. Memorials and execution of judgments.
76. Contempt of Court defined.
77. Punishment of contempt.
78. Jurisdiction of Court in offences of contempt.
79. Discharge of persons in contempt.
PART IV.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in Samoa.
80. Civil jurisdiction of Supreme Court extends to Samoa.
81. Criminal jurisdiction of Supreme Court in respect of Samoa.
Cases stated by the High Court.
82. High Court may state a case for the Supreme Court.
Appeals from the High Court.
83. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court on appeal from the High Court.
84. Order granting leave to appeal.
85. Transmission of record.
86. Dismissal of appeal for non-prosecution.
87. Procedure on appeal.
88. Special leave to appeal may be granted by the Supreme Court.
89. Powers of Supreme Court on appeal.
90. Evidence on appeal.
91. Stay of execution.
92. Release of appellant from custody.
93. Appeal not to be allowed for irregularities in procedure.
94. Right of audience on appeal.
95. Transmission of order of Supreme Court on appeal.
96. No appeal to the Court of Appeal.
97. Certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition taken away.
Enforcement in Samoa of Judgments of New Zealand Courts.
98. Judgments of Supreme Court or Magistrate’s Court in New Zealand may be enforced by the High Court.
99. Enforcement of judgments of Supreme Court by High Court by way of proceedings for contempt.
PART V.
CRIMINAL OFFENCES.
100. Treason.
101. Inciting to mutiny.
102. Seditious offences.
103. Murder.
104. Manslaughter.
105. “Omission” defined.
106. Omissions dangerous to life.
107. Omission to supply the necessaries of life.
108. Liability of persons having charge of dangerous things.
109. Hastening death.
110. Indirect cause of death.
111. Attempted murder.
112. Conspiracy and inciting to murder.
113. Attempted suicide.
114. Counselling suicide.
115. Concealment of birth.
116. Grievous bodily harm.
117. Actual bodily harm.
118. Acts or omissions causing bodily harm under circumstances that if death had been caused would have made person causing harm guilty of manslaughter.
119. Indecent assault.
120. Assault.
121. Rape.
122. Carnal knowledge of girl under twelve years of age.
123. Carnal knowledge of idiots or lunatics.
124. Adultery by married persons.
125. Adultery with married woman.
126. Procuring miscarriage of woman or girl.
127. Act of woman or girl procuring her own miscarriage.
128. Supplying means of miscarriage.
129. Bigamy.
130. Buggery.
131. Attempted buggery and indecent assaults on males.
132. Incest.
133. Indecent acts.
134. Indecent documents.
135. Brothels.
136. Gaming-houses.
137. Gaming.
138. Stealing children.
139. Riot.
140. Forcible entry.
141. Affrays.
142. Official corruption.
143. Perjury.
144. Fabricating evidence.
145. Conspiracy to pervert justice.
146. Breaking prison.
147. Escape.
148. Rescue.
149. Defamatory libel.
150. Threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour towards or in respect of officials.
151. Punishment of theft.
152. Definition of theft.
153. Ineffectual defences to charge of theft.
154. Extended definition of theft.
155. Obtaining money or goods by false pretences to be deemed theft.
156. Stealing documents.
157. Receiving stolen property.
158. Robbery.
159. Breach of trust.
160. Menaces.
161. Witchcraft.
162. Obtaining credit by fraud.
163. Accusation of criminal offences.
164. Conspiracy to defraud.
165. Obtaining execution of valuable securities by fraud.
166. Burglary.
167. Forgery.
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NZ Gazette 1920, No 51
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NZ Gazette 1920, No 51
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