Demise of the Crown (Amendment) Act 1936 (NSW)

DEMISE OF THE CROWN

(AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 55, 1936.

An Act to amend the Demise of the Crown Act 1901, and the Constitution Act, 1902, in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 11th December, 1936.]

Crown (Amendm ;;-;) Act, 193G." (2)

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of: New South BE it enacted by the Kind'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 . (1) This Act r. ay be cited as the "Demise of the

(2) This Act shall be deemed to have commenced upon the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

2 . (a) The Demise of the Crown Act, 1901, is amended by inserting at the end of section two the fo'lowing new subsection:—

(4) In this section "demise of the Crown" shall
include a demise of the Crown by or upon abdication.
(b) The Constitution Act, 1902, is amended by

inserting at the end of section twelve the following para-

graph :—

In this section the word " demise" shall include

abdication.