Sheriff Act 1843 (SA)

ANNO SEXTO ET ELEPTXNO

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8outh Australia was passed in the Fifth Y c h of IIer hlajcsty's	HEREAS AS an Act orvOrdinnncc of the Govcrnor an? Council of
X r i p intit~dled An Act to Regulate the Appointment and the h.o,
Duties of thc Sheriff of thc Provincc of South Australia" mhcrcby it is amongst other tldngs cnactcd that it sllall be lawful for His E~ccl lenc~ thc Govcrnor m Acting Governor for the time Lcing annually in or about the month of January in cach ycar to nominate and appoint by ~vnrrant nnder his hand and seal a fit person to be Shcriff of this Province and whcrcas it is expcdient to amend the
aforesai~ Act or Ordinancc in this respect:

BE IT T I I E R E ~ O R B ENACTED BY 111s EXCELLENCY the Governor

'>	of Soqth Australin pith thc ndvico and conscnt of the Lcgiu1:ttivc
Council tl~orcof Tlmt fmm nnd &or the pnuaing of this Orilinanco il.y,t.~d in pnr l
the before recited provision of tlic said Act or OrJinnncc shall be
and the same is hcreby repcalcd. l

I 11.

R o d e 11. And bc it cnarted that i t sllall be lawful for Her Majesty her

sb"i"a~~intmentheirsnnd successors by any instrument under her or their S i p

Manual or for the Governor or the person administering the G+ rernment of this Province acting under such directions as may from time to time be given in that behalf by. Her Majesty her heirs or successors through one of hcr or their Principal Secretaries of State an~iuxlly on or about the first 1\Iondny of January in every year to nominate and appoint by warrant under the Public Seal of the Province n fit person to bc Sheriff of the Province of South Aus- tralia nrhich person so appointcd s11nll continue in office until the first Monday in January then nest and thereafter until a new ap- pointment shall be made of a Sheriff who shall take upon himsclf

tbe said office by making the declaration mentioned in the said Act

or Ordinance: Provided that nothing herein contained shall bc construed so as to prevent the appoiutment of the same person to ibe Sheriff for two or inore years or to affect the validity of the a p poiutment of the present Sheriff made in pursuance of the said Act or Ordinancc but such appointment sllall remain in like force as if this Ordinance had not becn made.

J>mnaion in rmo of 111. And bc it enacted that in case any such Sheriff shall die in

~ ~ ~ C p o " r * ~, " ' ~:	his office or depart from the Province or be suspended from or re-
tion of fiheriff.	simn his said office then m soon as conveniently may be after the 9

,	ctcxth dcparturc suspension or thc ncccptnncc by the Gowrnor or
.p	Actil~g Govcrnor on lIcr Majesty's bcllnlf of the rcsignntion of any
such Sheriff anotl~cr'pcrson Inay in thc manncr above provided be
appointcd to the said oflicc: Provided that no appointnlcnt of

a Silcriff to bc made in cither of the cases last aforesaid shall continue

in force longer than until Iler Majesty's pleaswe therein &all be

known,

J l m e d A C ~ to con- ' IV. And be it enacted that except so far as is hereinbefore pro-

h u e dthcrwim in

f~ roe.	vided the said in part recited Ordinance shall continue in full force
and effect. . ' ,

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GEORGE GREY,

Governor and Commander-in-Cl!ief.

Parsed the Lqislatiuc Co~mdl, this SixttenL

\ dayofOctober, 1843.

\ \ Clerk of Council.