Denization Act 1842 (SA)

ANNO QUINTO

V I C T O R I B R E G I N B.

AN ACT for eaablittg the Gorentor to grnttt Letters of Deni.-ation

in certain cases.

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Persons receiviug 11. And be it Enacted That every person who shall rcceive sue11

tioa to cnjoj- ccr- letters of deuizn- letters of denization shdl thenceforward be qualified to hold lands and

natural-born sub-

t a b privileges of other red estates in thc said Province and its Dependencies and to

jects. accept any grant or grants fiom the Crown or Resident Colonial

Commissioner of any such land or other real estate and to hold any

ofice or place of trust mithin thiaProvinee and it^ dependencies (other

than as a Member of the Executive or Legislative Council) and shall be entitled to other the rights privileges and advantages mithin this Province and its Dependencies (except as aforesaid) which are enjoyed

Proviso. by natural born subjects of Her Majesty Provided always That such

person shall mithin one calendar month next after the date of such

Letter of Denization take and subscribe the oath of allegience supre- macy and adjuration or (if a Roman Catholic) the oath prescribed by

1 thk Act intituled An Act for the Relief of Her Bfajesty's Roman Catholic Subjects" which said oath or oaths any Judge of the Supreme

Court of this Province hereby empowered to administer.

Lettare to be re- 111. And be it Enacted That the judge before whom any such oath

fled copy to be	corded, and eerti- shall have been taken shall immediately afterwards certify the same
tridence. upon the back of the said Letters of Denization which certificate so endorsed shall be recorded in the said Court and a certified copy therwf a d of such Letters of Denization by the Registrar General shall be in every Court within the Province and its Dependencies as sufficient proof of such Letters having been duly granted as aforesaid aud of

such oath and declaration having been duly made and taken. And -

for recording such Lctters of Denization the person to whom the same shall have bcexi so granted shall pay to the said Registrar a fee of

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tnenty shillings and for every such certified. copy a like fee of twenty

shillings ant1 no more.

GEORGE GREY,

Governor of South Australia.

Passed the Council this Fourteenth day of February One Thousand

Eight Hundred and Forty-two,

A, hf. MUNDY,

Clerk of Council.