Ghana (Consequential Provision) (Colonial Stock Acts) Order in Council, 1960
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1960/969 |
1960 No. 969
GHANA
The Ghana (Consequential Provision) (Colonial Stock Acts) Order in Council, 19607thJune 1960
8thJune 1960
1stJuly 1960
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of June, 1960
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by subsection (3) of section 1 of the Ghana (Consequential Provision) Act, 1960(a), it is provided that Her Majesty, by Order in Council, may make provision for such modification of any Act of Parliament passed before Ghana becomes a Republic as may appear to Her to be necessary or expedient in view of Ghana's becoming a Republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by subsection (3) of section 1 of the said Act or otherwise in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation, commencement and construction
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Ghana (Consequential Provision) (Colonial Stock Acts) Order in Council, 1960, and shall come into operation on the date of Ghana's becoming a Republic which shall be notified in the London Gazette.
(2) Save as is otherwise required by the context, the Interpretation Act, 1889(b), shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Modifications of the Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1948
2.—(1) On and after the date on which Ghana becomes a Republic, the Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1948(c), shall apply in relation to Ghana subject to the modifications set out in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this Article.
(2) In subsection (1) of section 1 of the Colonial Stock Act, 1934(d), (which provides for an alternative for one of the conditions to be observed in order that any stock under the said Acts is to be a trustee security) as it applies on and after the said date to stock of the Government of Ghana—
(a) for the reference to any legislation being submitted for Royal Assent, there shall be substituted a reference to that legislation becoming law; and
(a) 8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 41.
(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(c) 40 & 41 Vict. c. 59; 63 & 64 Vict. c. 62; 24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 47; 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 1.
(b) for any reference to Her Majesty's Government in a Dominion or to the Parliament of a Dominion, there shall be substituted a reference to the Government, or the legislature, of Ghana.
(3) During any period on...
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