762 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1889.
Definition of permanent civil
6. For the purposes of this Act a person shall be deemed to be employed in the service of a colony. permanent civil service of a colony if he holds any such permanent office in the service of Her Majesty in the government of any colony as qualifies him to receive a pension out of the revenues of such colony.
Provision against double pensions.
Explanation of
terms.
7. A person shall not receive a pension under the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872, or this Act, and also under section twelve of the Superannuation Act, 1859.
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8. The expressions permanent civil service of the State,'
permanent civil service of Her Majesty." and "permanent civil service of the Crown," are hereby declared to have the saine meaning, and this Act and any enactment relating to salaries and pensions shall be construed accordingly.
In this Act "pension" includes superannuation allowance. -
Short title.
Power of the Queen in Council to make
courts.
CHAPTER 54.
An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Government of Her Pos-
sessions acquired by Settlement.
WHEREAS of
[16th September 1887.]
THEREAS divers of Her Majesty's subjects have resorted to and settled in, and may hereafter resort to and settle in, divers places where there is no civilised government, and such settlements have become or may hereafter become possessions of Her Majesty, and it is expedient to extend the power of Her Majesty to provide for the government of such settlements, and for that purpose to repeal and re-enact with amendments the existing Acts enabling Her Majesty to provide for such government : Be it therefore 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 authority of the same, as follows:
1. This Act may be cited as the British Settlements Act, 1887.
2. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council from time to time to laws and establish establish all such laws and institutions, and constitute such courts and officers, and make such provisions and regulations for the proceedings in the said courts and for the administration of justice, as may appear to Her Majesty in Council to be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects and others within any British settlement.
Delegation of power by the Queen.
Power to the Queen
jurisdiction on
certain courts.
3. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen from time to time, by any instru- ment passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or by any instructions under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual referred to in such instrument as made or to be made, as respects any British settlement, to delegate to any three or more persons within the settlement all or any of the powers conferred by this Act on Her Majesty in Council, either absolutely or subject to such conditions, provisions, and limitations as may be specified in such instrument or instructions.
Provided that, notwithstanding any such delegation, the Queen in Council may exercise all or any of the powers under this Act: Provided always, that every such instrument or instruction as aforesaid shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as conveniently way be after the making and enactment thereof respectively.
4. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council to confer on any court in Council to confer in any British possession any such jurisdiction, civil or criminal, original or appellate, in respect of matters occurring or arising in any British settlement as might be con- ferred by virtue of this Act upon a court in the settlement, and to make such provisions and regulations as Her Majesty in Council may think fit respecting the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred under this section on any court, and respecting the enforcement and execution of the judgments, decrees, orders, and sentences of such court, and respecting appeals therefrom; and every Order of Her Majesty in Council under this section shall be effectual to vest in the court the jurisdiction expressed to be thereby conferred, and the court shall exercise the same in accordance with and subject to the said provisions and regulations: Provided always, that every Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as con- veniently may be after the making thereof.
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