Inquiries into Wrecks Ordinance 1864 Amendment Act 1871 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO TRIGESIMO QUINT()

VICTORLZE REGIME

No. 11

An Act to amend the Ordinance intituled The Inquiries

into Wrecks Ordinance, 1864.'

[Assented to 17th August, 1871.

HEREAS it is expedient to enable the principal Officer of Preamble

W Customs and the Justice of the Peace associated with him in

inquiries under The Inquiries into Wrecks Ordinance, 1864,' to take	28 pig, Ng . 2
the deposition on oath of persons offered as witnesses who are about to leave the Colony : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

person or persons charged with misconduct or of his or their legal adviser.

1. Any person about to leave the Colony before the day fixed for Persons about to

the hearing of any inquiry under 'The Inquiries into Wrecks Ordi- 1,":;;Tv'ec41.'"Y

nance, 1864,' and whose evidence may be deemed material either for or deuce

against the person or persons whose conduct is to be inquired into,

may be examined on oath before the Collector of Customs and

signed by the person examined, and such depositions shall remain in in writing 2. Such evidence shall be taken down in writing, and shall be Evidence to be

the custody of the Collector of Customs, and shall be read and received

as evidence at the hearing of the inquiry.

3. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Inquiries into short title

Wrecks Ordinance 1864 Amendment Act, 1871.'

FRED. A. WELD,

GOVERNOR.