Western Australia: Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 (WA)

Western Australia Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 Western Australia Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 Contents Citation 1 Notes Compilation table 2 Western Australia Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 An Ordinance to adopt certain Improvements made in the Law of England respecting Libel. 1 Preamble Whereas a certain Act of Parliament was passed in the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, entitled 'An Act to amend the Law respecting Defamatory Words and Libel;' 2* And whereas it is expedient to adopt and apply the said Act to the Administration of Justice in this Colony: Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Act, and every clause, provision, and enactment therein respectively contained, shall be and the same is hereby adopted and directed to be applied in the administration of Justice, so far as they can be applied respectively to the circumstances of this colony. Citation This Ordinance may be cited as the Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847. [Inserted: No. 10 of 1970 s.3.] Notes 1 This is a compilation of the Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table. Compilation table Short title Number and year Assent Commencement Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 10 Vict., No. 8 (1847) 5 Aug 1847 5 Aug 1847 Statute Law Revision Act 1970 s. 3) 10 of 1970 29 Apr 1970 29 Apr 1970 2 This adopted Act (6 & 7 Vict. c. 96) [the Libel Act 1843 (Imp)], so far as it was a part of the law of WA, was repealed by the Defamation Act 2005 (No. 44 of 2005) s. 46.