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Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act 1939

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 3 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1939 c. 86
Year1939


Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act, 1939

(2 & 3 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 86.

An Act to enable His Majesty by Order in Council to extend to the Isle of Man Acts passed for purposes connected with the defence of the Realm.

[3rd September 1939]

Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S-1 Power to extend war Acts to the Isle of Man.

1 Power to extend war Acts to the Isle of Man.

(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council extend to the Isle of Man any Act passed after the twenty-fourth day of August nineteen hundred and thirty-nine which appears to His Majesty to have been passed for purposes connected with the defence of the Realm and does not extend to the Isle of Man, and any Act so extended shall have effect accordingly, subject to such exceptions, modifications and adaptations, if any, as may be specified in the Order.

(2) Any Order in Council made under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

S-2 Short title and duration.

2 Short title and duration.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Isle of Man (War Legislation) Act, 1939 .

(2) This Act shall continue in force until such date as His Majesty may by Order in Council declare to be the date on which the emergency that was the occasion of the passing of this Act came to an end.

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