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Editor.
When Ordinance No.19 of 1911, which was drafted by the Edition new engaged in the preparation of the new Revised Edition of the Ordinances was passed it was intended tə make that edition the Statute book for general use, in much the same way as the Law Reports Statute or the Re- vised Statutes are in general use in England; but it was not intended to make the edition incapable of challenge. It is true that Ordinance No.12 of 1900 made the Revised Edition the sole and only proper Statute book of the Colony but an enactment to that effect was absolutely necessary in the case of the Carrington edition because
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the diten of that edition used the powers conferred by
Ordinance No.12 of 1900 to their full extent and that Ordinance was not followed by a series of special revi-
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sien Ordinances authorising the alterations in detail. In the Piggott edition the editor's authority to revise is not derived solely from Ordinance No.19 of 1911. In addi- tion to that there are or will be a series of special re- vision Ordiances authorising the change, in detail, series comprises Ordinances Nos.15,24,25,28,30,31 and 36 already passed and the Law Revision, the Law Amendment, and the general Revision Ordinances now in course of preparation. However the Colony has grown accustomed to a "sole and only" statute book and there are many obvious advantages in such a book, therefore on a re-consideration of the question and at the suggestion of H. M. Secretary of State for the Colonies it has been decided to make the New Revised Edition the sole and only proper statute book of the Colony. At the same time it is desirable te make provision for the preservation of all the original statu- tes and to make them available for use in court and else- where in cases in which, as often happens, it is necessary