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Public Seal Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1874

3. The Public Seal Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1874.

[1^st July 1874.]

Whereas it is expedient to amend “The Public Seal Ordinance Session I., No. 6”

be it therefore enacted as follows:

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury by and with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Repealing Clause.

Clause 5 of “ The Public Seal Ordinance Session I., No. 6” is hereby repealed and the following clause may stand in lieu thereof.

2. Public Seal how to be used.

The Public Seal shall not be used except in the presence of a member of the Executive Council and everything sealed therewith shall be signed by the Keeper of the Public Records and by the members of the Executive Council witnessing the sealing thereof Provided always that it shall not be necessary that the sealing with the Public Seal of the Province of warrants appointing members of the Executive Council shall be done in the presence of a member of the Executive Council nor that a member of the Executive Council shall sign such warrants as last mentioned as a witness to the sealing thereof.

3. Title.

The Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as “The Public Seal Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1874.