CO129-592-16 Future policy- interpretation proclamation 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945 — Page 11

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(b) in relation to the Settlement of Penang or the

Settlement of Malacca includes all Ordinances of the Colony of the Straits Settlements and all orders, proclamations and letters patent and all rules, by-laws and regulations (including Defence Regulations) made by any body or person having authority under any statutory or other enactment or Order in

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Council to make the same for the said Colony.

(1) In this section "uthority" means any person or body of persons appointed or authorised under any written law to exercise authority or powers or perform duties thereunder.

(2) No Authority shall be entitled to exercise powers or perform duties under any written law unless he shall have been thereunto authorised by or under the authority of the General Officer Commanding lilitary Forces, Malaya, or the Chief Civil .ffairs Officer.

(3) Subject to the provisions of any Proclamation and to any orders or directions of the General Officer Commanding Military Forces, Malaya or of the Chief Civil Affairs Officer

(a) Any officer of the Civil Affairs pervice who is for the time being required by or under the authority of the General Officer Commanding Military Forces, Malaya, or by or under the authority of the Chief Civil Affairs Officer to perform any functions previously performed by an Authority under any written law shall be deemed to have and may exercise any rights and powers conferred by that written law upon such Authority which may be necessary to enable such Civil Affairs Officer to perform such functions;

(b) Without prejudice to the generality of the fore- going, the rights and powers which by any written law are vested in or conferred upon any Authority mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule to this Proclama- tion shall be deemed to be vested in or conferred upon the corresponding officer or officers respectively mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule subject however to any restrictions or modifications mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be taken to impose upon any officer an obligation to perform any duty which arose prior to the promulgation of the Proclamation in the area concerned, or which arises under any written law or part thereof which, for the time being, is not being administered in the area concerned.

(4) The Chief Civil Affairs Officer may, by notice or by notification in the Gazette, from time to time add to, alter or amend the provisions of the said Schedule.