New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act 1864

Public Act		1864 No 4
Date of assent		13 December 1864

	Title
	Preamble.
I	Short Title.
II	Governor in Council may in certain cases award compensation or increased compensation.
III	Duration of Act.

An Act to Alter and Amend “The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863.”

Preamble.

WHEREAS an Act was passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand called “The New Zealand Settlements Act 1863” and it is expedient to limit the duration thereof and that the same should be altered and amended as hereafter provided

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows—

I Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act shall be “The New Zealand Settlements Amendment Act 1864.”

II Governor in Council may in certain cases award compensation or increased compensation.

In any case in which under the said Act the Compensation Court shall have refused to award compensation or shall have awarded less compensation than may have been claimed or in any other case if the Governor in Council shall be of opinion that the circumstances of the case would render it expedient that compensation or larger compensation should be awarded it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to award and direct that compensation or increased compensation shall be paid to any person or persons who in the judgment of the Governor in Council shall be reasonably entitled thereto.

III Duration of Act.

The said Act and this Act shall respectively continue in operation until the third day of December 1865.

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