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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1910.
government that belong to the Sovereign of this realm to use, execute, and perform according to the laws thereof, but in such manner and subject to such conditions, restrictions, limitations, and regulations as are contained in this Act.
(3) All acts of Royal power, prerogative, government, and administration of government of any kind which shall be done or executed during the Regency established by this Act otherwise than by and with the consent and authority of the Regent, in the manner and according to the directions prescribed by this Act, shall be absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes.
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2. The Regent, before she shall act or enter upon her office of Regent, shall Oaths to be take the oaths set out in the Schedule to this Act before the Privy Council, and taken by Re- the Privy Council are empowered and required to administer those oaths and to enter them in the Council books.
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Sovereign
3.-(1) During the Regency, the Sovereign for whom the Regent is appointed Marriage of shall not intermarry, before attaining the age of eighteen years, with any person, unter the unless the consent in writing of the Regent and the assent of both Houses of age of eight- Parliament is previously obtained, and any marriage entered into in contravention een forbid- of this section shall be null and void to all intents and purposes.
den during Regency without
Parliament.
(2) Any person who shall knowingly act, aid, abet, or be concerned in consent of obtaining, procuring, or bringing about any marriage in contravention of this entant section, and the person who shall be married to the Sovereign knowing that the marriage is a marriage in contravention of this section shall be guilty of a felony under the Treason Felony Act, 1848.
10 & 11 Viet. c. 12.
give the
4. The Regent shall not give or have power to give the Royal Assent to any Regent not Bill for repealing, changing, or in any respect varying, the order or course of entitled to succession to the Crown of this realm, as established by the Act of Settlement, or Royal Assent to any Bill for repealing or altering an Act of the fifth year of the reign of Queen altering the Anne, made in Scotland, intituled "An Act for securing the Protestant religion succession to aud Presbyterian government”.
to any Act
the Crown &c. 12 Will.3.c.2. B3 & 14 Chas. 2. c. 4.
Powers of
determine if Regent
5. If Her Majesty Queen Mary shall, after becoming Regent, be reconciled to or hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Roman the Act to Catholic religion, or shall marry a person professing the Roman Catholic religion, or shall cease to reside in or absent herself otherwise than temporarily from the becomes United Kingdom, Her Majesty shall no longer be guardian and Regent; and all Catholic or the powers and authorities which she may have derived under or by virtue of this marries Act shall thenceforth cease and determine.
6. This Act may be cited as the Regency Act, 1910.
Roman
Roman Catholic, or resides abroad.
Short title.
SCHEDULE.
1. I do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to [here insert the name of the Sovereign] his heirs and successors according to law. So help me
God.
2. I do swear that I will truly and faithfully execute the office of Regent according to the Regency Act, 1910, and that I will administer the government of this realm and of all the dominions thereunto belonging according to the laws, customs, and statutes thereof, and will in all things to the utmost of my power and ability consult and maintain the safety, honour, and dignity of [here insert the name of the Sovereign] and the welfare of His people. So help me God.
3. I do faithfully promise and swear that I will inviolably maintain and preserve the Settlement of the true Protestant religion with the government, discipline, rights, and privileges of the Church of Scotland as established by law. So help me God.
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