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3. It will be seen from an examination of the schedule just referred to that local law of criminal procedure is scattered over a considerable number of Ordinances, and it has been thought that it would be convenient to those concerned in the administration of this branch of the law that these Ordinances should be consolidated, with such amendments as appeared requisite, and that advantage should at the same time be taken of the opportunity to introduce any Imperial enactments which, although applicable to the circumstances of the Colony, have not yet found a place on its statute book. In short, the object aimed at has been to present a complete body of statute law on this important subject, whether the provisions of that law are operative by virtue of the enactment referred to in para. 2, or have been expressly enacted in the Colony.
4. In carrying out this design, the provisions of the local Ordinances have been reproduced, for the most part, with only unimportant verbal changes, and the same may be said of the Imperial enactments which may also...