CHAP. Iv] ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 429
Same section to the Parliament of South Australia, both of
these Parliaments being constituted by a local, not an Imperial
Act. In all these cases, however, under s. 7 of 7 & 8 Vict. ¢. 74,
reservation was unnecessary if the Governor either refused
assent to the Bill or assented to it in accordance with in-
structions previously received from Her Majesty. This was
approved only for the case of New South Wales by the section
as originally passed, but it was extended by the Act of 1850
to the other Colonies then existing. On the other hand, it
Was not expressly adopted in the Queensland letters patent,
and it is therefore doubtful whether it was in force there.
In addition to these comparatively simple requirements
it was provided in s. 32 of the Act of 1850,! that there should
be reserved and laid before the Imperial Parliament before
assent all Bills
(1) Altering the laws concerning the election of the
Elected Members of the Legislative Council :
(2) Altering the laws concerning the qualifications of
electors and elected members :
(3) Establishing in the place of the Legislative Councils at
that time existing other separate Legislative Houses :
(4) Vesting in such separate Legislative Houses the powers
and functions of a Legislative Council.
It applied as originally enacted to all the Colonies except
Queensland, and was incorporated in the letters patent of
June 6, 1859. As regards classes 3 and 4 its effect may be
regarded as spent, and the power of altering their constitu-
tions by ordinary legislation is given to all the Colonies by
8. 5 of the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865.
The result of these provisions seems to be as follows :
by s. 2 of 25 & 26 Vict. c. 11, it was provided 2 that reservation
and laying before Parliament required by s. 32 of the Act
of 1850 applied only to Bills passed by the original Legislative
Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Van Diemen’s Land,
and South Australia, and the necessity for reservation and
laying before Parliament arises only from the subsequent
' 13 & 14 Viet. ¢. 59.
The section is obscure ; possibly it referred only to classes 3 and 4.
