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ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1860.
Ordnance Estates.
No. 6 of 1860.
An Ordinance for transferring to One of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State the Powers and Estates vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance.
[30th April, 1860.]
WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen hath thought fit to revoke the Letters Patent of some of the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and by other Letters Patent to transfer to one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State the administration of the department the duties of which were previously executed by the said Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance: And whereas it is expedient that the several powers and authorities at any time heretofore given to or vested in and exercisable by, and the lands, hereditaments, estates and property, at any time heretofore purchased, taken, used, occupied, and vested in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and all title, estate, and interest therein respectively, should be also transferred from the said Principal Officers, and vested in one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. All the powers, authorities, rights, and privileges whatsoever, which by virtue of any Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial Legislature, or of any other law, custom, or usage whatsoever, have been or were at any time vested in or exercisable by the Principal Officers of the Ordnance are hereby transferred to and vested in and exercisable by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the time being to whom Her Majesty shall think fit to entrust the Seals of the War Department, and such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State shall be entitled to the same exemption from personal responsibility as the said Principal Officers were entitled to.
2. All lands, hereditaments, estates, and property whatsoever which were vested by virtue of any Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial Legislature, or of any conveyance, surrender, lease, or other assurance, or of any law, custom, or usage whatsoever, before and at the passing of this Ordinance in the said Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, or any of them, shall from henceforth be vested in the said Secretary of State.