Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VI. The judiciary

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAP. IT] ADMIRALTY J URISDICTION 1351 and such droits and forfeitures, when condemned by a Court of a British possession in the exercise of the jurisdiction con- ferred by this Act, shall, save as is otherwise provided by any other Act, be notified, accounted for, and dealt with in such manner as the Treasury from time to time direct, and the officers of every Colonial Court of Admiralty and of every other Court in a British possession exercising Admiralty jurisdiction, shall obey such directions in respect of the said droits and forfeitures as may be from time to time given by she Treasury. (2) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council by Order to direct that, subject to any conditions, exceptions, reservations, and regulations contained in the Order, the said droits and forfeitures condemned by a Court in a British possession shall form part of the revenues of that possession either for ever or for such limited term or subject fo such revocation as may be specified in the Order. (8) If and so long as any of such droits or forfeitures by virtue of this or any other Act form part of the revenues of the said possession, the same shall, subject to the provisions of any law for the time being applicable thereto, be notified, accounted for, and dealt with in manner indicated by the Government of the possession, and the Treasury shall not have any power in relation thereto. The Act was at once adopted in all the Dominions! with the exception of New South Wales and Victoria, which preferred in 1890 to retain the old Vice-Admiralty Courts established therein. New South Wales and Victoria fol- lowed suit in 1911 under an Order in Council of May 4. There was no clear advantage in the retention of these Courts, for the powers conferred on the Colonial Court of Admiralty are amply sufficient for all purposes, and the procedure of the Vice-Admiralty Courts is more compli- cated than that elsewhere in force. In the case of the Commonwealth the Admiralty jurisdiction of the State Courts is still vested in them, for the Commonwealth High ! For Canada cf. House of Commons Debates, 1910-1, pp. 2218 seq. ; L891, pp. 1417 seq. Canada had in 1877 established a Maritime Court lor Ontario and Quebec (40 Vict. ¢. 21) with jurisdiction in civil cases ‘excluding prize, revenue, piracy, and navy, &e.) extending to the great iakes, and its legality was asserted in McCuaig & Smith v. Keith. 4 8. C. R 848

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