SUMMARIES OF NEW BILLS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 860, 5 July 1910, Page 2

SUMMARIES OF NEW BILLS.

NEW ZEALAND STANDARD TIME BILL. The New Zealand Stando.nl Time Bill (which lias been introduced by Sir. Sidey) proposes to enact that "standard tinie shall moan- the time to be observed throughout New Zealand as prescribed by this Act, and "New Zealand mean tune the time corresponding to the longitude of one hundred and seventy-two degrees thirty minutes east from Greenwich, which time is exactly eleven and a half hours in advance of .Greenwich mean time. Prom the hour of two in the morning of the last Sunday in September in each year until the hour of two in the morning of the last Sunday in March in each year standard timo shall be one Hour in advance of New Zealand mean time, and from the hour of two in the morning of the last Sunday in March in each year until the hour of two in the morning of the last Sunday in September in each year standard timo shall be the same as New Zealand mean time.! In this section the expression "hour of two in the morning" means that hour as determined by New Zealand mean time. Whenever any expression of time occurs in any Act, deed, or othor legal instrument, the time mentioned or referred to shall, unless •it is otherwise specifically stated, be deemed to bo standard timo.

MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL, Under Sir Wdi. Steward's Marriage Act Amendment Bill, which lias been before tta House on several previous occasions, every j marriage between a' person and his deceased wife's nieco, or between a person and her deceased husband s nephew, which has heretofore been or is hereafter contracted and solemnised before any Registrar or officiating minister shall (if otherwise lawfully contracted and solemnised) bo deemed to have been and to be valid and binding, and tho issue born or hereafter to be born of such marriages shall bo deemed to have been and to be born in lawful wedlock. Ihis section shall not render valid any marriage as aforesaid in any case where . r „ t)ie. parties to that marriage has thereafter and during the lifetime of the other of the parties, but be* fore tho passing of this Act, lawfully intermarried with' any other person, nor any marriage between a man and his own niece, or between a woman, and her own nephew; nor shall this soction bo held to have deprived any person of any property which he may have lawfully inherited prior to tho coming into operation of this Act, or affect any then existing lis pendens. For tho purposes of this section "niece" means sister's daughter or brother's daughter, and "nephew" means brother's son or sister's son, SALE OF GOODS AMENDMENT BILL. It is provided under the Salo of Goods Amendment Bill, which has been introduced by Mr. Witty, M.P. for Riccarton, that Section 59 of this Act shall have. added 'to .it the following subsections —"Every lot shall be sold to the phpllnoji.bo lawful tor ;auy fiucfrdnocr 'to refuse "to accept a bid'from any person present at the • 0 * s filing, or who states that ho is willing, to pay cash for tho goods on delivery thereof; and any condition orstipulation in conditions of sale in any manner violating this provision shall be void and of no effect* j and "In tho account of any salo by auction Tendered by the auctioneer to tho person on whose behalf the sale takes place there shall bo stated the name of the purchaser of each lot submitted for sale."

BOOKMAKERS BILL. It is provided under the Bookmakers Bill, which has been brought forward by Sir Win. Steward, that no license shall be granted to any person to carry on business as a bookmaker on any racecourse, and every such license theretofore granted shall lapse and be of no effect; and every bookmaker who, either by himself or by means of any agent, clerk, or servant, makes or offers to make any bet or wager on any racecourse or on any laud or place situated within one mile thereof, and every such agent, clerk, or sen-ant who so makes or offers to make any bet or wager, is liable for a first offence to a fine of not less than twenty pounds and not exoeeding one hundred pounds, and for a second or any subsequent offence to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.