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The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1854

1. The Provincial Council Extension Ordinance 1854.

Title. Preamble.

1. Provincial Council to consist of twenty-four Members.

2. Superintendent to cause Writs to be issued for the Election of twelve additional

Members.

3. After next Dissolution, certain provisions of the Proclamation of 5th March to be null and void.

4. Province to be divided into seven Districts.

5. Number of Members to be elected for each.

6. Superintendent to appoint Returning Officer.

7. Returning Officer to notify places where claims are to be sent in.

8. Superintendent to appoint latest day for receiving claims.

9. Judge of Supreme Court to appoint Revising Officers.

10. Notice of Objections may be served on wife or servant.

11. Time of Ordinance coming into effect.

12. Interpretation of the word “Governor.”

13. Title.

An Ordinance to Enlarge the Provincial Council, and to Alter the Electoral

Districts of the Province of Canterbury.

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Provincial Council on 21st November, 1854, and reserved for the Governor's assent, and given by him on 29th December

1854. It was repealed by the "Provincial Council Extension Ordinance,” Session

VIII., No. 8, [1857].

The full text of this Ordinance was not included in the Volume of Ordinances published by Charles Lucas, the Official Printer of the Canterbury Provincial Government.