ORDERS IN COUNCIL APPLYING THE COLONIAL ATTORNEYS RELIEF ACTS, 1857 AND 1884 (20 & 21 VICT. C. 39 AND 47 & 48 VICT. C. 24), TO THE BAHAMAS AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1858/5004 |
| Year | 1858 |
1858 Unnumbered
SOLICITOR, DOMINIONS AND COLONIES
1. Admission of Colonial Solicitors under Acts of 1857 and 1884(a)
ORDERS IN COUNCIL APPLYING THE COLONIAL ATTORNEYS RELIEF ACTS, 1857 AND 1884 (20 & 21 VICT. C. 39 AND 47 & 48 VICT. C. 24), TO THE BAHAMAS AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA.PRESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Earl of Derby.
Earl of Malmesbury.
Lord John Manners.
Mr. Secretary Walpole.
Major-Genl. Peel.
Sir John Pakington, Bt.
Lord Chancellor.
Lord President.
Lord Privy Seal.
Duke of Beaufort.
Lord Steward.
Lord Chamberlain.
Whereas by the Colonial Attorneys Relief Act passed in the 21st year of Her Majesty's Reign it is enacted that Her Majesty may from time to time, by Order in Council, direct that Act to come into operation as to any one or more of Her Majesty's Colonies or Dependencies, and thereupon, but not otherwise, the provisions of the Act shall apply to persons duly admitted as Attorneys and Solicitors in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in such Colonies or Dependencies; but that no such Order in Council shall be made in respect of any Colony except upon application made by the Governor, or person exercising the functions of Governor of such Colony or Dependency, and until it shall be shown to the satisfaction of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies that the qualifications for the admission as an Attorney or
(a) These Acts were repealed (with-savings) by the Colonial Solicitors Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 14).
Solicitor in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in such Colony or Dependency answer to and fulfil the conditions specified in Section 3 of the said Act, and also that the Attorneys or Solicitors of the Superior Courts of Law or Equity in England are admitted as Attorneys and Solicitors in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity of such Colony or Dependency on production of their certificates of admission in the English Courts, without service or examination in the Colony or Dependency:
And whereas application has been made by Charles John Bayley, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of the Bahamas, that the said Act may be directed to come into operation within the said Colony:
And whereas it has been shown to the satisfaction of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baronet, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the system of jurisprudence as administered in the Colony of the Bahamas and...
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