Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (Qld)

65 (OttentsIttttix ANNO DUODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 16 of 1963 An Act to Amend " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts, 1946 to 1953," in a certain particular [ASSENTED TO 3RD DECEMBER, 1963] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. (1) Short title . This Act may be cited as " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts Amendment Act of 1963." (2) Principal Act. " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts, 1946 to 1953," are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts, 1946 to 1963." 3

66 Australian Consular Officers', &c., Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 16 2. Amendment of s. 1 . Section one of the Principal Act is amended by adding the following subsections:- " (3.) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2.) of this section this Act- (a) Shall be deemed to have come into operation as if the Governor in Council had by Proclamation published in the Gazette on the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, proclaimed this Act to have come into operation on that date, and (b) Shall operate retrospectively and is hereby ratified accordingly. (4.) " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Act Amendment Act of 1949," and " The Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Acts Amendment Act of 1953," shall be read and construed as if the provisions of subsection (3.) of this section had been enacted originally in the Principal Act and in particular the retrospective provisions of those amending Acts shall be read and construed accordingly."