✨ Proclamations
THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
HOKITIKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870.
[Extracted from New Zealand Gazette, No. 56,
of the 11th October, 1870.]
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Proclamation published in the New Zealand Gazette to bring into operation with respect to any District Court from and after a day to be named in such Proclamation, either the whole of the said Act, or such sections thereof as to him shall seem fit:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the tenth day of October instant, the said "District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," shall come into operation with respect to the District Court of Westland North and the District Court of the County of Westland.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, and issued under the Seal of the Colony at Wellington, this first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
[Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette, No. 58,
of the 11th of October, 1870]
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1870," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation, from time to time declare that any District Court shall have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours, as specified in the fourth section of the said Act:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that—
The District Court of the County of Westland, shall henceforth have cognizance of all felonies and indictable misdemeanours committed before or after the passing of the said Act, within the District, over which its jurisdiction extends, saving only the felonies specially excepted in and by the fourth clause of the said Act.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony at Wellington, this tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
W. GISBORNE,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 35
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⚖️ Extension of District Courts Jurisdiction
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement1 October 1870
Proclamation, District Courts, Jurisdiction Extension, Westland North, Westland County
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- W. Gisborne
⚖️ Extension of District Courts Criminal Jurisdiction
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 October 1870
Proclamation, District Courts, Criminal Jurisdiction, Westland County
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- W. Gisborne