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to by him in that year, and shall be dated as of the day on which the assent of the Governor is given, and shall be numbered as of the year in which they are passed. Bills not so assented to by the Governor, but reserved by him for the signification of Our pleasure, shall be dated as of the day and numbered as of the year on and in which they are brought into operation. 3. Each different matter shall be provided for by a different Ordinance, without intermixing in one and the same Ordinance such things as have no proper relation to each other; and no clause is to be inserted in or annexed to any Ordinance which shall be foreign to what the title of such Ordinance imports, and no perpetual clause shall be part of any temporary Ordinance.
XXVI. The Governor shall not, except in the cases hereunder mentioned, assent in Our name to any Bill of any of the following classes:-
1. Any Bill for the divorce of persons joined together in holy matrimony:
2. Any Bill whereby any grant of land or money, or other donation or gratuity, may be made to himself:
3. Any Bill affecting the Currency, of the Colony or relating to the issue of Bank notes:
4. Any Bill establishing any Banking Associa-
tion, or amending or altering the constitution, powers, or privileges of any Banking Association:
5. Any Bill imposing differential duties:
6. Any Bill the provisions of which shall appear inconsistent with obligations imposed
Us by Treaty:
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7. Any Bill interfering with the discipline or control of Our forces by land, sea, or air:
Different subjecte not to be mixed
in same Ordinance.
No clause to be introduced foreigu to what title of Ordinance imports.
Temporary Ordinances.
Description of Bills not to be
Resented to.
Proviso in cases of emergency for immedinte operation of an Onli-
nance,
Private Bille
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8. Any Bill of an extraordinary nature and importance, whereby Our prerogative, or the rights and property of Our subjects not residing in the Colony, or the trade and shipping of Our United Kingdom and its Dependencies, may be prejudiced:
9. Any Bill whereby persons not of European birth or descent may be subjected or made liable to any
disabilities or restrictions to which persons of European birth or descent are not also subjected or made liable:
10. Any Bill containing provisions to which Our assent has been once refused, or which have been disallowed by Us:
Unless in the case of any such Bill as aforesaid the Governor shall have previously obtained Our instructions upon such Bill through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or unless such Bill shall contain a clause suspending the operation of such Bill until the signification of Our pleasure thereupon, or unless the Governor shall have satisfied himself that an urgent necessity exists requiring that such Bill be brought into immediate operation, in which case he is authorised to assent in Our name to such Bill, unless the same shall be repugnant to the law of England, or inconsistent with any obligatious imposed on Us by treaty. But he is to transmit to Us, by the earliest opportunity, the Bill so assented to, together with his reasons for assenting thereto.
XXVII. Every Bill intended to affect or benefit some particular person, association or corporate body shall contain a section saving the rights of Us, Our heirs and successors, all bodies politic and corporate, and all others except such as are mentioned in the Bill and those claiming by, from, and under thern. No such Bill, not being a Government measure, shall be introduced into the Legislative Council until due notice has been given by not less than two successive publications
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