This Act may be cited as the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1907, and shall form part of and be read together with the Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1906 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section twenty-one of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “shall be paid into the Public Account to the credit of a separate account called the Government Advances to Settlers Account,” and substituting therefor the words “shall be paid into a bank to be appointed by the Governor in Council, to the credit of an account to be called the Government Advances to Settlers Account.”

Section six of the Government Advances to Workers Act, 1906, is hereby amended by omitting the words “shall be paid into the Public Account to the credit of a separate account called the Government Advances to Workers Account,” and substituting therefor the words “shall be paid into a bank to be appointed by the Governor in Council, to the credit of an account to be called the Government Advances to Workers Account.”

All moneys which at the passing of this Act are in the Public Account by virtue of section twenty-one of the principal Act may be transferred to the Government Advances to Settlers Account constituted by virtue of subsection one of the last preceding section of this Act, but until such transference all such moneys shall be dealt with as if this Act had not been passed.

All moneys which at the passing of this Act are in the Public Account by virtue of section six of the Government Advances to Workers Act, 1906, may be transferred to the Government Advances to Workers Account constituted by virtue of subsection two of the last preceding section of this Act, but until such transference all such moneys shall be dealt with as if this Act had not been passed.

Except so far as is otherwise provided by this Act, the provisions of the principal Act with respect to the Government Advances to Settlers Account constituted under that Act shall extend and apply to the Government Advances to Settlers Account constituted under this Act.

Except so far as is otherwise provided by this Act, the provisions of the Government Advances to Workers Act, 1906, with respect to the Government Advances to Workers Account constituted under that Act shall extend and apply to the Government Advances to Workers Account constituted under this Act.

In addition to the securities mentioned in section eighteen of the principal Act, the Superintendent may advance money on land held under any class of lease that the Governor in Council by notice in the Gazette declares to be a sufficient security for a loan under the principal Act.

Any loan granted under the authority of this section shall be subject to the provisions contained in section forty-one of the principal Act.

Section three of the Government Advances to Workers Act, 1906, is hereby amended by omitting the words “urban or suburban” in subsection one thereof.

The provisions of section four of the Civil Service Reform Act, 1886, shall not apply to the appointment of the Superintendent or Deputy Superintendent under the principal Act.