THE TERRITORY OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
No. 6 of 1966
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Interpretation Ordinance 1955-1966.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955-1963.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of October, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. E. BARNES
Minister of State for Territories.
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INTERPRETATION ORDINANCE (No. 2) 1966
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance (No. 2) 1966.[*]
(2.) The Interpretation Ordinance 1955-1964[†] as amended by the Interpretation Ordinance 1966 is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
(3.) Section 1 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1966 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(4.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Interpretation Ordinance 1955-1966.
Interpretation of terms.
2. Section 5 of the Principle Ordinance is amended—
(a) by inserting after the definition of “movable property” the following definition:—
“‘oath of office’ or ‘official oath’ means the oath of office referred to in sub-section (2.) of section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Ordinance of the Colony of Singapore in its application to the Territory;”; and
(b) by inserting after the definition of “the Islands” the following definition:—
“‘the Official Representative’ means the Official Representative in the Territory holding office under the Official Representative Ordinance 1955-1961;”.
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[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1st December, 1966.
[†] Ordinance No. 1, 1955, as amended by No. 1, 1958; No. 1, 1962; No. 3, 1964; and No. 1, 1966.