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new titles to the Crown. Again, the Regency Act of 1910 
is a case of Imperial legislation which could not be varied 
for the Dominions ; the Civil List Act and the Act to alter the 
declaration at accession were instances of similar legislation ; 
the latter evoked an ardent address from the Lower House 
of the Commonwealth in favour of the change.! 
In conclusion, the Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865, the 
Interpretation Act, 1889, and the Parliament Act, 1911, are 
necessarily a piece of Imperial legislation.? 
of 1901, is rendered more than a mere nullity by the addition of a clause 
relieving officers of taking the oath over again, as to which there was doubt. 
The Privy Council in 1910 decided on a reference that oaths need not again 
be taken by judicial officers, &e., in England, and South Australia has 
accepted the view and so also apparently Victoria. 
‘ See 1 Edw. VIL ce. 4, 5, 15; 10 Edw. VII & 1 Geo. V. cc. 26, 28,29 : 
39 Viet. ¢. 10. 
* The Official Secrets Acts, 1889 and 1911, are noteworthy in applying to 
the Empire, but with a proviso for their suspension in cases where local 
legislation is passed. No Orders have been issued, though such legislation 
exists in Canada (Rev. Stat., 1906, c. 146, ss. 73, 85, 86), Australia (Defence 
Act, 1903-9, ss. 73, 82), and New Zealand (Act No. 28 of 1909, &. 61). See 
also the Explosives Act, 1883, s. 3; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, ss. 9, 57; 16 & 17 
Vict. c. 48 (Colonial coinage offences); 39 & 40 Vict. ¢. 36, ss. 151, 161 
(customs) ; 22 Geo. IIL. ¢. 75; 54 Geo. IIL c. 61; 57 & 58 Vict. ¢. 17 (leave 
of absence); 11 & 12 Will. IHL. ¢. 12; 42 Geo. IL c. 85 (punishment of 
Governors) ; 5 & 6 Vict. ¢. 45; 10 & 11 Viet. c. 95 (copyright); 25 & 26 
Viet. e. 20 (prohibition of issue of habeas corpus into Colony with a Court 
able to issue the writ ex parte Anderson, 30 L. J. Q. B. 129; R. v. Crewe, 
ex parte Sekgone, [1910] 2 K. B. 576). It is instructive to compare the 
terms of e.g. 17 & 18 Vict. c. 80, 8. 58, which make certain certificates of 
birth, &c., available in all the Dominions, with e.g. 7 Edw. VIL c. 16 as to 
the proof of Colonial laws in England, or the objection to legislation 
regarding marriage in Parl. Pap., Cd. 5273, pp. 200, 210, 211. The 
Pacific Cable Board Acts (1 Edw. VIL c. 31; 2 Edw. VIL c. 26) represent 
the earrying out of a joint business.