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THE FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT, 1878.

41 AND 42 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 67.

Construction of Act and short titles.

6 and 7 Vicf. c. 94. 28 and 29 Vict, c. 116. 29 and 30 Vict., e. $7. 38 and 39 Viet., c. 85.

Repeal of enactments in Second Schedule.

Power for Queen in Council to extend enactments in First Schedule.

6 and 7 Vict.. c. 94.

AN ACT FOR EXTENDING AND AMENDING THE FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACTS [16TH August, 1878].

Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the autho- rity of the same, as follows: (that is to say),-

1.—(1.) This Act shall le construed as one with the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1843 to 1875, and these Acts together with this Act, may be cited as Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878, and this Act may be cited separately as the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1878.

(2.) The Acts wher of the titles are given in the First Schedule of this Act may be cited by the respective short titles given in that Schedule.

2.-The Acts mentiored in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Sche- dule mentioned; provided that,-

(1.) Any Order in Couil, commission, or instructions made or issued in pursuance of any enactment breby repçaled, and in force at the passing of t is Act, shall continue in force until altered or revoked by Her Majesty; and

(2.) This repeal shall not affect anything done or suffered, or any right accrued or liability incurred before the passing of this Act; and

(3.) Any action, suit, or other proceeding affected by any enactment i ere by repealed may be carried on in like manner as if this Act had not ben passed.

3.-(1) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council, if it seems fit, from time to time, by Order, to direct that all or any of the enactments described in the First Schedule to this Act, or any enactments for the time being in force amending or substituted for the same, sha'l extend, with or without any excep- tions, adaptations, or modifications in the Order mentioned, to any country or place to which for the time being the Foreign Jurisdic- tion Act, 1843, applies.

(2.) Thereupon those enactments shall operate as if that country or place were one of Her Majesty's Colonies, and as if Her Majesty in Council were the Legislature of that Colony.