Acts of General Assembly.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 77, 25 September 1858, Page 3

Acts of General Assembly.

PROVINCIAL RESERVED BILLS ACT. An Act to extend the time within which the

Governor is required to signify his pleasure on Bills passed by Provincial Councils and reserved by Superintendents. [26th June, 1858.

Preamble. — Whereas doubts have arisen as to the meaning of the 30th Section of the Constitution Act, and the term of three months therein limited within which it is required that the assent of the Governor shall be given to bills passed by Provincial Councils and reserved by Superintendents is so short that great inconvenience has resulted threfrom, and it is therefore expedient that the said section should be repealed, and other provisions substituted for the same :

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows^ —

I. Section 30 of Constitution Act repealed. — The said thirtieth section of the Constitution is hereby repealed.

2. When Bills reserved for signification of Governor* s pleasure to come into operation. — Whenever any bill shall have been passed by the Provincial Council of any province, and shall have been reserved by the Superintendent for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon, such bill shall not have any force or authority within the said province until the Superintendent shall signify, either by speech or message, to the Provincial Council, or by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said province, that such bill has been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same ; and no bill which shall have been so reserved shall have any force or authority within the said province, unless the Governor shall assent thereto within three months next after the day on which such bill shall have been received by the Governor for the signification of his pleasure thereon. 3. Entry of Speech, $*c, to be made in Journals of Provincial Council. — An entry shall be made as soon as conveniently may be in the journals of the Provincial Council of any such speech, message, or proclamation as aforesaid, and a duplicate thereof, duly attested by the Superintendent, shall be delivered to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, or other proper officer, to be kept among the records of the province. 4. Bills heretofore assented to by the Governor to have same effect as though this Act had been in operation. — Every bill which has at any time heretofore been reserved by the Superintendent of any province for the signification of the Governor's pleasure thereon, and to which the Governor has assented, shall to all intents and purposes whatsoever have the same force and effect as if in lieu of the said section hereby repealed of the Constitution Act, this act had been in operation at the time when such assent was given.

5. Short Title.— The Short Title of this Act shall be " The Provincial Reserved Bills Act, 1858."