Absconding Offenders Act 1836 No 3a (NSW)

No. XVII.

An Act to continue for a l imited t ime an Act

int i tuled "An Act to facilitate the apprehension

" of transported Felons and Offenders illegally " at large and of Persons found with Arms and

" suspected to be Robbers." [3th June, 1836.1

WHEREAS an Act of the Governor and Council of New South Wales was passed in the fifth year of the reign of His present Majesty King William the Fourth intituled " An Act to facilitate the

" apprehension of transported Felons and Offenders illegally at large " and of Persons found with Arms and suspected to be Robbers " and

whereas the said recited Act will expire on the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six and it is expedient to continue the same for a limited time Be it therefore enacted hy His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof That the said recited Act passed in the fifth year of His said Majesty shall he and continue in force for two years from and after the said thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.