Guardians to child immigrants amendment (1844) (WA)

7 VICTORLE. No. 11

Juvenile Immigrants

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO SEPTIMO

VICTORLE REGINE

No. 11

An Act to amend an Act intituled Act to regulate the Apprenticeship and. otherwise to provide for the Guardianship and Control of a certain class of Juvenile Immigrants.' [Assented to 21st May, 1844.

Preamble

WHEREAS in and by the first section of an Act of Council

passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her present Majesty

Queen Victoria, intituled Au Act to regulate the Apprenticeship

and otherwise to provide for the Guardianship and Control of a certain

class of Juvenile Immigrants,' it is enacted that a notice published by

It beim, expe. His Excellency's command in the Government Gazette,' setting forth	Bent tt?,edios,;;I:	tine	that certain persons therein named are immigrants to be apprenticed
cation of the	under that Act shall be conclusive evidence in all proceedings at law

notice refeneo	d	t
in the 1st see.	o	f before Justices of the Peace or otherwise that such persons (on due
the Act of

5th Tic, No. 8, proof of identity, if requisite) are within the operation of that Act ; and

so much of the whereas it is expedient to discontinue the publication of such notices :	said Act as
directs suchBe it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western
notice to be con- Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
elusive evidence an
is repealed, Council thereof, that so much of the said Act as directs such notice as 0
the expression aforesaid to be conclusive evidence shall be repealed, and that no suchsuch humi- grants as afere- notice shall be published after the passing of this Act, and in all subse-
ratio;tsLito ter to quent parts of the said Act the expression such immigrants as afore-
the class of per. said 'shall be taken and understood to refer to the class of persons
sons described inthe preamble of described in and by the preamble of the said Act, and not of the persons
said Act described or intended to be described by any such notice.
Act may be 2. And be it enacted that this Act may be amended or repealed
amended by any Act to be passed during the present session.

JOHN HUTT,

GOVERNOR.