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made, to transmit to any colony to which such person shall be removed the depositions, or copies of the depositions, which shall have been taken previously to such committal or holding to bail, such depositions or copies thereof to be certified under the hand of the Governor and the common seal of the colony of which he administers the Government; and the magistrates, justices of the peace, public prosecutors, and others having juris- diction to commit for trial or hold to bail for trial under this Act, in the colony to which such per- sons shall be removed, may, respectively, if they think fit, proceed and act upon such depositions or such copies thereof as if the same had been depositions originally taken before them.

Jurisdiction of the

supreme courts of

4. Provided also, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall in any way affect or New South Wales abridge the jurisdiction of the supreme courts of and Van Diemen's

New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, as established by an Act made in the ninth year of His late Majesty King George the Third, and en- titled "An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Die- men's Land, and for the more effectual govern- "ment thereof, and for other purposes relating

thereto."

Land preserved.

clause.

5. And be it enacted, That for the purposes Interpretation of this Act the word "colony" shall mean any island, plantation, colony, dominion, fort, or factory of Her Majesty, except any island within the United Kingdom, and the Islands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and the islands adjacent thereto respectively; and except also all such parts and places as are under the government of the East India Company; and the word "Governor" shall mean the officer for the time being administering the Government of any colony.

6. And be it enacted, That this Act may be

Act may be

amended or repealed in the present session of amended, &c.

Parliament.

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