Jamaica Act, 1866
(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. XII.
An Act to make Provision for the Government ofJamaica .
[23d March 1866]
W HEREAS Two Acts were passed by the Legislature ofJamaica during a Session held in this present Year of Her Majesty, intituled, respectively, An Act to alter and amend the Political Constitution of this Island, An Act to amend an Act passed in the present Session, intituled 'An Act to alter and amend the Political Constitution of this Island ,' and it is expedient that the said Acts should be brought into operation, under Authority of Parliament, in the Manner and to the Extent herein-after set forth:
And whereas Parts of the said Acts are set out in the Schedule hereunto annexed:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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:
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So much of such Acts as in Schedule to this Acts to take effect.1 So much of such Acts as in Schedule to this Acts to take effect.
1. So much of said recited Acts as is contained in the said Schedule shall come into operation in the Island ofJamaica so soon as the Assent thereto of Her Majesty in Council shall have been proclaimed in the said Island by the Officer administering the Government thereof.
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‘Government’ to include ‘Legislature.’ Powers how exerciseable.2 ‘Government’ to include ‘Legislature.’ Powers how exerciseable.
2. In construing the said secondly-recited Act the Term ‘Government’ shall be held to include ‘Legislature;’ and the Powers exerciseable by Her Majesty under the said Act shall be exerciseable by Her Majesty in Council.
Note : this act is listed in the Chronological Table of Statutes as theJamaica Act, 1866
S C H E D U L E.
An Act to alter and amend the Political Constitution of thisIsland.
Whereas it is necessary to alter the present Political Constitution of this Island: Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council, and Assembly of this Island, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same,
First, that from and after the coming into operation of this Act the present Legislative Council and House of Assembly, and all and every the Functions and Privileges of those Two Bodies respectively shall cease and determine absolutely.
An Act to amend an Act passed in the present Session, entitled ‘An Act to alter and amend the Political Constitution of this Island.’
Whereas an Act was...
