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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 1, 1920.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 498. The following Order of His Majesty the King in Council is published for general information.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 11TH DAY OF JUNE, 1920.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the territories in East Africa situate within the limits of this Order and
forming part of the Protectorate known as the East Africa Protectorate, are under the protection of His Majesty the King :
And whereas British subjects have settled in large numbers u the said territories and it is expedient, with a view to the further development and more convenient administration of the said territories, that they should be annexed to and should hence- forth form part of His Majesty's Dominions:
Now, Therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Kenya (Annexation) Order in Council, 1920. II. Until further provision shall be made in respect thereof, the limits of this
Order are the territories comprised in the East Africa Protectorate as specified in the East Africa Order in Council, 1902, save and excepting only such territories therein included as form part of the Dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar.
III. From and after the coming into operation of this Order the said territories shall be annexed to and form part of His Majesty's Dominions and shall be known as the Colony of Kenya, hereinafter called the Colony.
IV. Nothing in this Order shall affect the validity of any Commission or Instructions issued by His Majesty under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the territories now included within the limits of this Order, or of any Order in Council affecting the said territories, or of any Ordinance, Proclamation or Regu- lations passed or issued under any such Instructions or Order, or of any act or thing done under any such Instructions, Order, Ordinance, Pro- clamation or Regulations, save in so far as any provision of any such Order in Council, Ordinance, Proclamation or Regulations may be repugnant to the provisions of any Act of Parliament which may, by reason of the annexation hereby declared, become extended to the Colony or to any Order or Regulation made under the authority of any such Act, or having in the Colony the force and effect of any such Act. V. This Order shall be published in the Official Gazette of the East Africa Protectorate, and shall thereupon commence and come into operation, and the Governor shall give directions for the publication of this Order at such places and in such manner, and for such time or times, as he thinks proper for giving publicity thereto within the Colony.
VI. His Majesty may from time to time revoke, alter, add to, or amend this
Order.
And the Right Honourable Viscount Milner, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
ALMERIC FITZROY.