Gambia Independence Act 1964
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1964 c. 93 |
| Year | 1964 |
(1) On and after 18th February, 1965 (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) all those territories which immediately before the appointed day are comprised either in the Colony of the Gambia or in the Protectorate of the Gambia shall together form part of Her Majesty’s dominions under the name of The Gambia; and on and after that day Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of those territories.(2) No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to The Gambia as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of The Gambia.(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the operation in The Gambia or any part thereof of any enactment, or any other instrument having the effect of law, passed or made before the appointed day.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . (1) In this Act “the existing Constitution Order” means the Gambia (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 as amended by the Gambia (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council 1963 and by the Gambia (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1964 and by any further Order in Council made before the appointed day.(2) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.This Act may be cited as the Gambia Independence Act 1964. (1) The (2) No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by that legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and, subject to paragraph 5 of this Schedule, the powers of that legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of The Gambia.(3) The legislature of The Gambia shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .section 4 of the this Act;any Order in Council revoking the existing Constitution Order and providing for a new constitution for The Gambia to come into effect on the appointed day;any law, or instrument made under a law, of the legislature of The Gambia which, being a law or instrument made on or after the appointed day, amends, modifies, re-enacts with or without amendment or modification, or makes different provision in lieu of, any provisions of this Act, of the Order in Council first mentioned in this paragraph, or of any such law or instrument previously made.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In section 1(6) of the (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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