New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 83

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

The Samoa Maintenance and Affiliation Amendment Order, 1929.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 5th day of December, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority to make regulations for the peace, order, and good government of Samoa conferred upon him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby make the following regulations in amendment of the Samoa Maintenance and Affiliation Order, 1920.

REGULATIONS.

PART I.—PRELIMINARY.

  1. (a) THESE regulations may be cited as “The Samoa Maintenance and Affiliation Amendment Order, 1929.”
    (b) These regulations shall be read together with and deemed to form part of the Samoa Maintenance and Affiliation Order, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).
    (c) These regulations shall come into force on the 13th day of December, 1929.

PART II.—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.

  1. Clause 3 of the principal Order is hereby amended by revoking the definition of “child” and substituting the following:—
    “Child” means a child under the age of sixteen years.

  2. Subclause (4) of clause 7 of the principal Order is hereby amended by deleting the words “twelve years of age” and substituting the words “sixteen years of age.”

  3. Clause 26 of the principal Order is hereby amended by revoking subclause (2) and subclause (3) thereof and substituting the following subclauses:—
    “(2) Under any maintenance order the intervals between successive payments shall not exceed one month.
    “(3) No maintenance order made against the father of any child in favour of that child shall be for payments at a rate exceeding the rate of twenty-one shillings a week.
    “(4) No maintenance order made against the father of any child in favour of that child shall operate to impose any liability for payments first due after that child attains the age of sixteen years, but this provision shall not effect the continuing liability of any person under the order in respect of payments becoming due before that time.”

PART III.—RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS.

General Provisions.

  1. In this Part of this Order, unless inconsistent with the context,—
    “Overseas Court” means any Court in His Majesty’s Dominions (including New Zealand) or in any British protectorate, mandated territory, or place where His Majesty exercises judicial powers;
    “Judge” includes every person exercising judicial powers in any overseas Court;


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🌏 Samoa Maintenance and Affiliation Amendment Order, 1929

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
5 December 1929
Legislation, Samoa, Maintenance, Affiliation, Amendment
  • Charles Fergusson, Governor-General