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given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judg- ment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied.

(4) Nothing in this section shall-

(a) apply with respect to any tort committed before the commencement of this Ordinance; or

(b) affect any criminal proceedings against any person in respect of any wrongful act; or

(c) render enforceable any agreement for indemnity which would not have been enforceable if this section had not been passed.

Objects and Reasons.

The objects of this Ordinance is to enact in the Colony the provisions of section 6 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, the language of which has been followed in section 2 of the Ordinance except that in sub-section 3 (a) a reference to the Fatal Accidents Ordinance, 1889, is substituted for the reference to the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 to 1908, and that in sub-section (4) (a) the words commencement of this Ordinance stituted for the words Act."

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are sub- commencement of this Part of this

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

December, 1935.