INDEMNITY ORDINANCE.
[Passed the 14th October, 1847.] Title. — An Ordinance for Indemnifying the Officers of her Majesty's Forces and Others for all Acts done by them under certain Proclamations of Martial Law. Preamble reciting Proclamations of Martial Law. — Whereas by a proclamation, bearing date the 26th day of April, 1845, his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand did proclaim and declare that martial law would be exercised throughout that part of the colony which lies around the Bay of Islands (including the said Bay), and within a circle of sixty miles in any direction from Russell, in the Bay of Islands. And whereas by several proclamations, bearing date respectively the 3d day of March, 1846, the 20th day of April, 1846, the 18th day of July, 1846, the 18th day of March, 1847, and the 27th day of April, 1847, martial *law was proclaimed by his Excellency the LientenantGovernorof New Zealand in the several districts in the said proclamations respectively described. 1. Officers and Others Indemnified for acting thereunder. — Be it enacted by the LieutenantGovernor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that all and singular the officers of her Majesty's forces and others, who shall have duly acted under the authority of the said recited proclamations, or any of them, shall be, and they are hereby respectively freed, indemnified, and discharged of, from, and against all actions and prosecutions which they respectively may have been, or may become liable or subject to, for, or by reason or by means of, or in relation to, any act, matter, or thing done by any such officer or person, by virtue or under the authority of the said proclamations, or any of them. And that no act, matter, or thing done~by any such officer or person under or by virtue of any such proclamation, shall be questioned in the Supreme Court, or any other Court whatsoever, within the colony of New Zealand.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18480205.2.13
Bibliographic details
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 309, 5 February 1848, Page 194
Word Count
326INDEMNITY ORDINANCE. Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 309, 5 February 1848, Page 194
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in