Constitution (Amendment) Act 1925 (1926 No 1) (NSW)

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT)

ACT.

Act No. 1, 1926.

An A c t to enable His Majesty to authorise the Governor to summon women to the Legis­ lative Council, and for that purpose to amend the Constitution Act , 1 9 0 2 . [Assented to ,

2 7 t h J a n u a r y , 1 9 2 6 . ]

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1 . This Act may he cited as the "Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1925 ," and shall be read with the Constitution Act, 1902, as amended by subsequent Acts.
2 . The Constitution Act, 1902, is amended by inserting at the end of section sixteen the following
paragraph :—

A F A I R

The word " p e r s o n " in this section shall be

construed as including a woman whether married
or unmarried.