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The Term ‘Governor’ shall mean the Officer lawfully 
administering the Government of any Colony : 
The Term ‘Letters Patent’ shall mean Letters Patent 
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 
2. Any Colonial Law which is or shall be in any respect 
repugnant to the Provisions of any Act of Parliament extend- 
ing to the Colony to which such Law may relate, or repugnant 
to any Order or Regulation made under Authority of such Act 
of Parliament, or having in the Colony the Force and Effect 
of such Act, shall be read subject to such Act, Order, or Regu- 
lation, and shall, to the Extent of such Repugnancy, but not 
otherwise, be and remain absolutely void and inoperative. 
3. No Colonial Law shall be or be deemed to have been 
void or inoperative on the Ground of Repugnancy to the 
Law of England, unless the same shall be repugnant to the 
Provisions of some such Act of Parliament, Order. or Regula- 
lion as aforesaid. 
4. No Colonial Law, passed with the Concurrence of or 
assented to by the Governor of any Colony, or to be hereafter 
so passed or assented to, shall be or be deemed to have been 
void or inoperative by reason only of any Instructions with 
reference to such Law or the Subject thereof which may have 
been given to such Governor by or on behalf of Her Majesty, 
by any Instrument other than the Letters Patent or Instru- 
ment authorizing such Governor to concur in passing or to 
assent to Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of 
such Colony, even though such Instructions may be referred 
to in such Letters Patent or last-mentioned Instrument. - 
5. Every Colonial Legislature shall have, and be deemed 
at all Times to have had, full Power within its Jurisdiction 
to establish Courts of Judicature, and to abolish and recon- 
stitute the same, and to alter the Constitution thereof, and 
to make Provision for the Administration of Justice therein ; 
and every Representative Legislature shall, in respect to the 
Colony under its Jurisdiction, have, and be deemed at all 
Times to have had, full Power to make Laws respecting the 
Constitution, Powers, and Procedure of such Legislature ; 
provided that such Laws shall have been passed in such 
Manner and Form as may from Time to Time be required by 
any Act of Parliament, Letters Patent, Order in Council, or 
Colonial Law for the Time being in force in the said Colony. 
6. The Certificate of the Clerk or other proper Officer of 
a Legislative Body in any Colony to the Effect that the 
Document to which it is attached is a true Copy of any