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The new Ordinance is therefore the old one recast, the sections grouped in a way more convenient for reference, and new ones added, which are for the most part based on those I intráduced in an Ordi- nance I prepared in Mauritius in connexion with a similar revision of the laws of that Colony. Its twofold objects will be fulfilled- the Judges and Magistrates will apply it with greater ease in inter preting the laws; the Law Officer's staff will act upon it to the lightening of their work, and thereby facilitate the comprehension of the Council in legislating, and the public in understanding the legislation.
Among the new principals which have been introduced the following may be referred to:-
References to Imperial Acts in Colonial Ordinances (s.15).- This is a most important provision which meets a difficulty often ari- sing; *.g., references in existing legislation, say, to the old Merchant Shipping Acts, are useless, but there is no power without such a section to refer to the corresponding sections of the Acts of 1894. I had to introduce a special Ordinance in Mauritius to deal with this case.
The effect of disallowance (s.17).- Unless there is such a clause as this the consequences of disallowance, which are often very far- reaching, are little understood. This section was approved by the Secretary of State in the Mauritius Ordinance.
Sd. F. T. Piggot
Chief Justice.