GULIELMI IV. REGIS.
No. I.
An Act to repeal so much of " An Act to amend
| " an Act intituled | ' An Act for preventing | the |
| " ' mischiefs | arising | from | the printing | and |
| " 'publishing | Newspapers | and Papers of a like |
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' nature by persons not known and for regudat-
| " ' ing the printing | and publication | of | such |
| " 'Papers | in other respects and also for | restrain- |
| " ' ing the abuses arising from the publication | of |
| " ' blasphemous | and seditious | Libels' | and for |
| "further | restraining | the abuses arising from the |
"publication of slanderous and, libellous matter"
as relates to the sentence of banishment for
| the second offence. | [27th September, | 1831.] |
| WH E R E A S | t h e | Legis la t ive | Council | in t he eleventh year of t h e re ign of |
| by a n A c t of t h e Governor | passed wi th t h e advice of |
| H i s late Majesty K i n g George t h e F o u r t h in t i tu led " An | Act | to | amend |
| " an Act intituled ' An Act for preventing | the mischiefs arising from |
| " ' the printing and publishing Newspapers | and Papers of a like nature |
" ' by persons not known and for regulating the printing and publication " ' of such Papers in other respects and also for restraining the abuses " ' arising from the publication of blasphemous and seditions Libels'
| " and for further | restraining | the abuses arising from the publication of |
| " slanderous | and libellous | matter" | i t was a m o n g other t i l ings enacted |
| T h a t if any person shall be convicted of hav ing after | t h e pass ing of |
t h a t A c t p r in t ed or publ ished any b lasphemous or sedit ious libel or any such libel as in t he said A c t is before mentioned and should after
being so convicted offend a second t i m e and be legally convicted of such second offence before t h e Supreme Cour t such person should on such second convict ion be adjudged to be ban ished from N e w South W a l e s and i ts Dependencies for such t e r m of years no t be ing less t h a n
| two years nor more t h a n seven as t h e said Cour t | shal l order | A n d |
| whereas | w i t h | a view | of ass imi la t ing | t h e | L a w of th i s Colony to t h e |
L a w of E n g l a n d as recent ly establ ished by Ac t of P a r l i a m e n t on th is subject i t is expedient to repeal so m u c h of t h e said A c t of t h e Governor and Counci l as relates to t h e sentence of b a n i s h m e n t for t he
| second offence | Be i t therefore enacted b y H i s Excel lency t h e Governor |
| of | N e w | Sou th W a l e s w i t h t h e advice of | t h e Legis la t ive | Counci l | Tha t |
| so m u c h of t h e said Act of t h e Governor w i th t h e advice of | t h e |
Council passed in t h e e leventh year of H i s l a te Majesty as re la tes to t h e sentence of ban i shmen t for t he second offence be and t h e same is hereby whol ly repealed.