Original disbound
Acts of Parliament of Great Britain relating to early convict and colonial Australia
(lot of 16x) published London, 1825-1866, dealing with law and transportation
(convicts) in New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land, lands/waste lands, and new
settlements of Western Australia and South Australia.
This lot
of original Acts of Parliament comprise the following:
1.
CAP. LXIX.
An Act for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the
Colonies; and better regulating the Powers of Justices of the Peace in New
South Wales. [22d June 1825.]
2.
CAP. LXXIII.
An Act to continue, until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand
eight hundred and twenty-nine, an Act of the Fourth Year of His present
Majesty, for the better Administration of Justice in New South Wales and
Van Diemen’s Land. [2d July 1827.]
3.
CAP.
LXXXIII. An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and for the more effectual Government
thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto. [25th July 1828.]
4.
CAP. XXII.
An Act to provide, until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-four, for the Government of His Majesty’s Settlements
in Western Australia, on the Western Coast of New Holland. [14th May
1829.]
5.
CAP. XLII.
An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next
Session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His Majesty King George
the Fourth, for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van
Diemen’s Land. [12th July 1837.]
6.
CAP. LX.
An Act to amend an Act of the Fourth and Fifth Years of His late Majesty,
empowering His Majesty to erect South Australia into a British Province or
Provinces. [31st July 1838.]
7.
CAP. XXXV.
An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand
eight hundred and forty-eight, and to the End of the then next Session of
Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth, for
providing for the Government of His Majesty’s Settlements in Western
Australia on the Western Coast of New Holland. [27th July
1846.]
8.
CAP. CIV.
An Act to amend an Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land belonging to the
Crown in the Australian Colonies, and to make further Provision for the
Management thereof. [28th August 1846.]
9.
CAP. XXII.
An Act to remove Doubts concerning the Validity of Certain Grants of Land in
the Colony of New South Wales. [24th May 1849.]
10.
CAP. LIX. An Act for the better Government of
Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies. [5th August 1850.]
11.
CAP. LVI. An Act to repeal the Acts of
Parliament now in force respecting the Disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown
in Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies, and to make other Provision in
lieu thereof. [16th July 1855.]
12.
CAP. XII. An Act to repeal, as regards the
Colony of Victoria, and to enable other Colonial Legislatures to repeal,
certain Provisions of the Imperial Acts of the Fifty-fourth Year of George
the Third, Chapter Fifteen, and the Fifth and Sixth Years of William the
Fourth, Chapter Sixty-two. [8th August 1859.]
13.
CAP. XLIV. An Act to remove Doubts respecting
the Authority of the Legislatures of Queensland, and to annex certain
Territories to the Colony of South Australia, and for other Purposes.
[22d July 1861.]
14.
CAP. LII. An Act to empower the Governors of
the several Australian Colonies to regulate the Number of Passengers to
be carried in Vessels plying between Ports in those Colonies. [1st August
1861.]
15.
CAP. XI. An Act to explain an Act, intituled An
Act for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies.
[11th April 1862.]
16.
CAP. LXXIV. An Act to repeal Part of an Act
intituled An Act for the Government of New South Wales and Van
Diemen’s Land. [6th August 1866.]
“The number shown after each Act’s title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year/s of the reign of the monarch during which the relevant parliamentary session was held – for example, the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th Act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3".”
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