Aden Colony Order, 1936
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1936/1031 |
| Year | 1936 |
1936 No. 1031
ADEN*
THE ADEN COLONY ORDER, 1936.PRESENT,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 2.
Whereas by section two hundred and eighty-eight of the Government of India Act, 1935, it is provided that on such date as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint (in that section and in this Order referred to as "the appointed day") the then existing Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden shall cease to be a part of British India:
And whereas by the said section His Majesty in Council is empowered to make such provision as he deems proper for the government after the appointed day of the territories theretofore comprised in the said Province:
And whereas by subsection (5) of section three hundred and eleven of the said Act it is provided, amongst other things, that any Act of Parliament containing reference to India or any part thereof shall have effect subject to such adaptations and modifications as His Majesty in Council may direct, being adaptations and modifications which appear to His Majesty in Council to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the provisions of the Act:
And whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section three hundred and nine of the Government of India Act, 1935, and an Address has been presented to His Majesty by both Houses of Parliament praying that an Order may be made in the terms of this Order:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, in the exercise of the powers conferred on Him as aforesaid and of all other powers enabling Him in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as "The Aden Colony Order, 1936."
2.—(1) In this Order unless the context otherwise, requires—
"the Colony" means the Colony of Aden;
"the Province" means the Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden referred to in the Government of India Act, 1935, as constituted immediately before the appointed day;
"the Governor" means the Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being of the Colony and includes every person for the time being administering the Government thereof;
* Orders relating to the Aden Protectorate are printed under the title "Foreign Jurisdiction."
"Judge" means a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony;
"the Gazette" means the Gazette of the Colony.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The appointed day shall be the first day of April nineteen hundred and thirty-seven and as from that day the following provisions of this Order shall have effect.
4. The Territory referred to in the...
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