The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Naturalization Act 1861.”

The persons who are particularly described in the Schedules A and B to this Act annexed shall to all intents and purposes whatsoever within the said Colony be deemed and taken to be and to have been from the dates set opposite their respective names natural born subjects of Her Majesty as if they had been respectively born within the realm of England.

And Whereas there may from time to time be other persons resident within the said Colony whom it may be expedient to relieve before the next Session of the General Assembly from the disabilities to which aliens are by law subject Be it therefore further enacted that every person who shall be declared to come within the operation of this Act by any Proclamation to be issued in that behalf by the Governor shall from time to time in such Proclamation specified be deemed and taken until the termination of the next Session of the General Assembly to be and to have been from such specified time a natural born subject of Her Majesty within the said Colony as fully to all intents and purposes as if his name had been inserted in the Schedules hereunto annexed Provided always that every such Proclamation shall contain the description occupation or calling of every person therein named and his place of residence at the date of such Proclamation.