New Zealand Bill.

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vernor's Pleasure, the Superintendent shall conform to such Instructions in Writing- as he may from Time to Time receive from the Governor: (4.) In case the Superintendent shall assent to any Provincial Law he shall forthwith transmit to the Governor an authentic Copy thereof: (5.) It shall be lawful for the Governor at any Time after the Date of such Assent, and until the Expiration of Three Months after such authentic Copy of any Provincial Law shall have been received by him, to declare by Proclamation his Disallowance of such Law, and such Disallowance shall make void and annul the same from and after the Da}' of the Date of such Proclamation or any subsequent Day to be named therein : (6.) It shall not be lawful for the Council or other Legislative Body of any Province to pass, or lor the Superintendent or Governor to assent to, any Bill appropriating- any Money to the Public Service, unless the Superintendent or Governor shall first have recommended to the Council to make Provision for the specific Service to which such Money is to be appropriated, and no such Money shall be issued or made issuable except by Warrants to be granted by the Superintendent or Governor : (7.) It shall not be lawful for any such Council or other Body as aforesaid to pass, and for the said Superintendent or Governor to assent to, any Law which shall be repugnant to the Law of England or to any enactment of the said General Assembly. V. It shall not be competent to the Governor of New Zealand to assent to any Bill passed by the Legislature of New Zealand which shall repeal or alter any of the Provisions of the Nineteenth Clause of the first herein-before recited Act of Parliament, but the said Governor (unless he shall refuse his assent to such Bill) shall reserve the same for the Signification of Her Majesty's Pleasure. VI. So much of the Two first herein-before recited Acts of Parliament as is inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act is hereby repealed. VII. Subject to the Provisions of this Act, and of the said New Provinces Act, the said Two first herein-before recited Acts of Parliament shall apply to all Provinces at any time existing- in New Zealand, in like Manner and subject to the same Conditions as the same apply to Provinces established by the first hereinbefore recited Act of Parliament. VIII. In the Construction of this Act the Term '' Governor" shall mean the Person for the Time being lawfully administeringthe Government of New Zealand.

Vide s. 28. already unalterable.

Vide s. 29. already unalterable.

Vide s. 25. now unalterable.

Limitation of Governor's Powers of Assent to Bills.

Repeal of Parts of

Application of Acts t.Q future x rovinces

Construction of erms'