THE ACTS SHORTENING ACTS
29. Mode of pleading affirmation in lieu of oath. 6 and 7 Vic
c. 85, s. 2.-Wherevcr in any legal proceeding whatsoever any other legal proceedings may be set out it :;;hall not be 11ecc:;sary to specify that
<~ny particular persons who acted as jurors had made affirmation or deduTation in:;;tead of oath but if it he stated in such first-mentioned proeredings or in any record whatsoever that tlw jurors served and acted
<ts jurors (in the same manner as if no Act ltad passed for enabling persons to servo as jurors without oath) ::mch proc{'eclings or record shall 1Jo1 hu lH·l<l insuffic•irnt in rcspr:ct thereof.
'fho sl'rt.ion rcfNred 1 o in 1 he marginal note is ~. ::l of t lt,• J~rirlenco Aei, 184:3 (lmpL•rin.l), for whid1· set' Jfah;bury's Statutes of England, Ynl. S, p. 207.
[P1·inting Amcndmcnls.]
[29A. (1.) Printing of amendments in Acts.-When hy any Act
ll'!wnc~V<'t' pa"'se<l any sr>C'tion or scl1!~<1nle ot· any word or words is or at't'
din•c·h·d to he inserte1l in Ot' omit!e<l fr·om :my pn~vions Act or ail)'
s1·v1 inn ot· sch<'clttlc th£>J'eof, or to be snhstituh'<l fot· ot· inserted in lieu of :my scdion ot· f·wlH•clnJ,., or any word or words Jorwing part or the whole ol' any section or sehPclul<• of any previous Act, then in all copies of the Aet so amt'nded printecl by tho Government Printer the section or S(;lwdule or word ot· words shall he inserted or omitted or substituted in aecordance witlt sueh direction, and all nPcessary consequential amend- ments of marginal notes, headings, and divisions shall be made. And references shall be made in the margin to the section or sections of the Aet hy which such amendments are made:
Provided that no amendment shall merely by force of such direction haYe any retrospective operation.
(2.) Abrogated provisions.-Whenever any enactment in any Act relating to the practice or procedure of the Supreme Court has been Ql' shall hereafter be in pursuance of statutory authority in that behalf abrogated by Rules of the Supreme Court, then in all copies of such Act printed by the Government Printer the enactment so abrogated shall be omitted, and reference shall be made in the margin to the Rule Qf Court whereby such abrogation was made.]
This section was inserted by s. 7 of The Acts Shortening Act Amendmeut Act of 1903, post, and tho cross heading above it was inserted in pursuance of the powers conferred by this section itself.
As to incorporation of amendments, see also s. 3 of The Statute Law Revision Act of 1908, this title, post.
Provision is made for appointment of a Government Printer by s. 77 of the Evidence and Discovery Act of 1867, title EviDENCE.
For power to moflify certain statutes 'hy rnles of court, see The Supreme Court Act of 1921, s. 11 (3), title SuPRE1rE CouRT.
Commencement and Short Title.
30. Commencement of Act. Short title.-This Act shall commence on the thirty-first day of Decc:mber one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven and may be referred to as the "Acts Shortening Act of 1867."
ss.l-8.
Acts. [Vol. I.
THE ACTS SHORTENING ACT AMENDMENT ACT OF 1903.
(3 Edw. VII. No. 10.)
AS AMENDED BY
The Statute Law Revision Act of 1908 (8 Edw. VII. No. 18).
An A.ct to Amend the "Acts Shorteniug Act oj' 1867," and for ollw·
purposes.
[Assented to l:Hh November, 1908.]
1. Short title and construction.-'rhis Act may be cited as "The Acts Shortening Act .:hnc11dme11t Act of EJO~~'" and shall be read and construed with and as an amendment of the "..:ids Shortening. Act of 1867 " hereinafter called the Principal Ad. This Act and that .Act
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may be cited together as "The Acts Shorten Ill[! .:lets.
Por the ctfeet of a direction that an amending: Ad is to be construed with the Principal Act, see S~veency v. Ji'itzluwr7ingc (1906), 4 C.L.R. 716 (right of appeal in vrincipal Act held to extend to proet!t•ding-s unrlcr nmcmding Ad);
Kcnch v. Bailey (1926), 37 C.L.R. 375; Al·(•ltibalrl \', Crnnmis,\·ioncr of Slr111!J1.~
(1909), 8 C.L.R.. 7i39.
Amendments of Principal Ar:t.
[2-7. These sections rtlfl,C:fl(lerl provisions of tht• Frinc1~pal Act, ante, as follou.-'s:-B. 2 repealed, and inserte(l new scctim1s in l-ie1il of, the on:ginal ss. 2 cwd 3; s. 3 inserted s. 7 A; s. 4 amcnclccl s. 11; s. 5 inserted s. 12A; s. 6 amended s. 19; and s. 7 inserted s. 29A.]
Short TWes.
8. (1.) Citation of Acts in First Schedule.-Each of the Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act may, without prejudice to any other mode of citation, be cited by the short title therein mentioned in that behalf.
(2.) Citation of groups of Acts in Second Schedule [and other groups].-Each of the groups of Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act may, without prejudice to any other mode of cita- tion, be cited by the collective title therein mentioned in that behalf.
If any Act passed after this Act is directed to be read with any of the groups of Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, [or with any other group of Acts to which a collective title has been or shall hereafter be given], that group shall lie construed as including that Act and the year in which that Act is passed shall be substituted for the last year stated in the collective title of the group and so on as often as a subsequent Act is added to the group.
The words in square brackets in subs. (2) were inserted by s. 4 of The Statute Law Revision Aet of 1908, post, and the words in square brackets in the marginal note were inserted in exercise of the powers ronfcrred by s. 29.A. of thll Acts Shortening Act of 1867, ante.
:Pormerly many Aets were passed without making any provision for a short title.
Specific provision is now frequently made in amenc1ing Acts for the citation of the principnl Act together with amending Acts bv a comprehensive collective
title. •
Acts Shortening .. A.ct Amendment
ss. 9, 10, Sch. I.Act of
1.903.9. Citation of Acts reserved for His Majesty's assent.-Whenever a proposed Act having passed both Houses of Parliament is then reserved for His Majesty's assent, and such assent is not proclaimed in the same year in which such proposed Act was so reserved, such Act shall be cited in the short title thereof as of the year in which such assent was proclaimed, notwithstanding that the short title in the said Act is stated to be of a different year, and such short title shall be amended
accordingly. '
Stat~de Law Revision.
[10. TM.s section corrected certain verbal erro1·s in certa·in Acts mentioned in the Thi1·d Sched1de. Reje1·ence will be found in the notes to the provis1~ons thus corrected.]
[Section 8 ( 1.).) FIRST SCHEDULE.
SHORT TITLES.
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Y!'ar and Number. Title. Short Title.
l:l G0o. IV. No.2* An Act for preventing the Mischiefs ThePrintingActofl821.
arising from the printing and publish- ing Newspapers and Papers of a like nature by persons not known and for regulating the printing and publication of such Papers in other respects and also for restraining the Abuses arising from the publication of Blasphemous and Seditious Libels.
8 Geo. IV. No. 5* An Act for preventing the printing and The Printing Act of 1827
9 Geo. IV. No. 3
9 Geo. IV. No. 8
• Since repealed.
publishing of Books and Papers by (No. 2).
persons not known.
An Act to enable the Proprietors of a certain Banking Company heretofore carried on at Sydney under the name and designation of "The Bank of New South Wales" commonly called the Old Bank of New South Wales to Sue and be Sued in the name of the President for the time being of the said Bank.
And also to enable the Proprietors of a certain Banking Company to be established in Sydney under the N arne Style and Firm of the Bank of New South Wales commonly called "The New Bank of New South 'Vales" to Sue and be Sued in like manner in the name of the President for the time being and for other purposes therein mentioned.
An Act for enabling persons holding certain Public Offices in New South Wales to take Apprentices to serve under them and their Successors in Office and for regulating all matters relating to Masters and Apprentices.
The Bank of New South Wales A.ct of 1828.
The Apprenticu Act of 1828.
Sch.I.
Year and Number.
10 Geo. IV. No. 9
4 Wm. IV. No. 5*
5 Wm. IV. No. 10*
Acts.
FIRST SCHEDULE-continued.
SHORT TITLEs-continued.
Title.
An Act declaring that a. certain Act of Parliament passed in the tenth year of the reign of His Majest.y Killg George the Fourth intituled "An Act for the relief of HiE Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects" extends to and is in force in the Colony of New South Wales.
An Act for Appointing the Fees to be taken in the several Courts of Police and Petty Ser:<sions and by the Clerks of Justices acting singly in the Colony of New South Wales.
An Act for removing doubts respecting the application to New South Wales of the Laws and Statutes of England relating to Usnry and to limit and define tho rate of Interest which may be recovered in cases where it hath not been previously agreed on between the parties.