Adoption of Laws Act 1843 (SA)

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AN OR DTNAhtCE to fircilitlrle the alloption of the Laws of

l i%glartd ilz the Adminiutrution of Justice Sotlth Attst!.cslia.

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WIIEREAS doii1:fs have lrrcn expressed as to!tlle date of tllc

foundation of this I'rovicy as d r l c ~ mining what IAnn.s ant1 Statutcs

,of Icnglnnd are legally in force within 1114 m n c w i t h o ~ t Lcing adopted

specially by somc ordinancc or cllirCtr~lcr~t ~ n d c I'or illat purpose

BIG IT ' ~ ~ r r r n ~ ~ o n r z ENACTRD and d c c l n ~ ~ d by TTis Exccllctwy

the Govcrilor of' South Australia wit11 tlie advice and consunt of the

L~~is lnt ivc Couricil thc~ro&

'l'hut in all qucstiona as to the qylicntion of any J.nws or Gtnltltcs The P r ~ n r ~ ~ c c l ~ rod to hnre been or-

of England in South Austldia the said I'rovince shall 1)c licld and t,t.;;hed 2 9 ~ , . . D

decmrd to llnve been founded n~id estnbliahcd upon tlic twcnty-cigilt.lr 183"

day of L)eccrt,bcr in the ear of Our Lonl o i ~ c illouuat~d ri$t J~uudrcd

and thirty4x bcicg t lo d ay upon which ilio some aus proclaiu~cd to

be a British Province by His Excellency John Hindmarsh Knight

of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order Captain in the I ~ o Y ~ s. . ~

Navy the then Governor thereof.

F.cil ibtiu~*d~~tim 11. And for facilitating the adoption of the Statutes of England in t l l i ~

4 rlrtuter.	Province, be it Enacted that where by any Act of Parliament which can be applied in the administration of justice in South Australia any tlling is authorized and required to be done by or before any Just& or Justices of the Peace in England the same may be lawfully done by or before any Justice or Justices of the Peace of this Province
And that in like manner where anything& authorized or required to
be done by any Constable or Peace Officer in England the same may be lawfully done by any Constable or Peace Officer of this Province And that every Justice of the Peace Constable and Peace Officer of the Province shall have the like protection in the execution of his duty and the like privilege with respect to pleading costs limitation of actions and notice of action and otherwise as any Justice of the Peaw Constable or Peace Officer would be entitled to in the like case in England.
. 111. And be it further enacted That this Ordinance shall commence
* and take effect from and after the passing thereof.

GEORGE GRFY,

, Govcrnor and Commander-in-Chief.

P~zssd in the Legislative Council, this Thirteenth

day of October, 1843. t

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W. L. HALLORA RAN, 4

- Clerk of Coupcil,

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