Provincial Constabulary Act 1865
Provincial Constabulary Act 1865
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Provincial Constabulary Act 1865
Public Act |
1865 No 36 |
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Date of assent |
30 October 1865 |
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Contents
An Act to confer on Superintendents of Provinces certain powers with regard to the appointment of Constables within such Provinces.
Preamble.
Whereas by an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand intituled “An Ordinance to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Constabulary Force”
it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor to cause fit and able men to be embodied as a Police Force to act as Constables in and throughout the Colony and also to appoint Officers for such Force and to make regulations for the management discipline and employment of such Force
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled and by the authority thereof as follows—
I Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Provincial Constabulary Act 1865.”
II Powers conferred on Governor to be exercised by Superintendents of Provinces.
All such powers as by virtue of the said Ordinance are conferred on the Governor may within the several Provinces of New Zealand be exercised by the respective Superintendents of such Provinces Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Governor from appointing Constables under the authority of the said Ordinance.
III Superintendents and Provincial Councils may make laws for regulating Constabulary Force.
Nothing in this Act contained shall prevent any Superintendent and Provincial Council of any Province from making laws concerning the establishment or maintenance of a Constabulary Force within such Province.
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Provincial Constabulary Act 1865
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