It shall be lawful for the Governor or Officer for the time being Administering the Government of the said Colony, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of any Province of the said Colony, by Proclamation to be published in the Government Gazette of the Colony, to divide such Province into counties, and to subdivide such counties into hundreds and parishes, or to constitute any portion of such Province a county hundred or parish (all which counties hundreds and parishes shall have such designations and limits as in and by the Proclamation constituting the same shall be prescribed), and also in like manner and on the like recommendation from time to time to alter or annul any such division or subdivision for the time being subsisting, or the designation thereof, whether made or given under the authority of this Act or prior to the passing thereof.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Counties Act, 1856.”