CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10] — Page 200

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Report on an ordinance entitled

An Ordinance to amend the Widows' and Orphans' Pension

Ordinance, 1908.

A copy of the original draft of this Ordinance was for- warded to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies under cover of a despatch dated 29th April 1914, and he signified his general approval of it by his despatch dated 5th June, 1914. He directed however that section 2 (o) should

be recast in order to make the intention clearer.

The Ordinance as passed follows the original draft except

in the clause referred to which has been recast and now ap- pears to state the intention of the enactment more clearly than the original draft. The reason why the wording suggested in the Secretary of State's despatch of the 5th June 1914 was not adopted was that it was feared that that wording might have

the effect of excluding an officer who had failed to obtain the Captain superintendent of Police's approval before marriage

There is no regulation which prohibite a member of the police

force below the rank of sergeant marrying without the consent

of the Captain superintendent of Police, and such an officer

might, through inadvertence, fail to apply for that consent,

especially if he married while on leave in the United Kingdom.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excel-

lency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His

Majesty and on His behalf.

Attorney General,

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