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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 713, 12 February 1853, Page 4

bled, and by the Authority of the same as follows: Repeal of Recited Acts, SfC. I. The said Acts, and all Charters, Letters Patent, Instructions, and Orders in Council issued in pursuance thereof, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as the same arc repugnant to or would prevent or interfere with the Operation of this Act, or any Letters Patent or Instructions to be issued under the authority or in pursuance of this Act: Provided nevertheless, Provisoes, that all Laws and Ordinances made and Acts done under and in pursuance of the said recited Acts, and any Charters, Letters Patent, Instructions, or Orders in Council issued in pursuance thereof, shall continue as lawful, valid, and effectual as if this Act had not been passed, save so far as any such Laws, Ordinances, or Acts may be repugnant to or would prevent or interfere with the Operation of this Act: Provided also, that, until the Expiration of the Time or latest of the Times appointed for the Return of Writs for the First Election of Members of the Provincial Councils of the Provinces established by this Act, the existing Provincial Legislative Councils shall continue to have and exercise all Rights, Jurisdiction, Powers, and Authorities which they would have had if this Act had not been passed; and until the Expiration of the Time appointed for the Return of the Writs for the hirst Election of the Members of the House of Representatives to be constituted under this Act, the Legislative Council of New Zealand shall continue to have and exercise all Rights, Jurisdiction, Powers, and Authorities which such Legislative Council would have had if this Act had not been passed. Certain Provinces established in New Zealand. 11. The following Provinces are hereby established in New Zealand; namely, Auckland , New Plymouth , Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago ; and the Limits of such several Provinces shall be fixed by Proclamation by the Governor as soon as conveniently may be after the Proclamation of this Act in New Zealand. Each Province to have a Superintendent and Provincial Council. HI. For each of the said Provinces hereby established, and for every Province hereafter to be established as hereinafter provided, there shall be a Superintendent and a Provincial Council, and the Provincial Council of each of the said Provinces hereby established shall consist of such number of Members, not less than Nine, as the Governor shall by Proclamation direct and appoint. Before Elections of Members of Provincial Council, Superintendents of Provinces to he chosen. IV. Upon or before the Issue of Writs for the First Election of Members of the Provincial Council for any Province established by or under this Act, the persons duly qualified in each of the said Provinces to elect members for the Provincial Councils as hereinafter mentioned shall elect a Superintendent of such Province; and on the Termination of such Council by Expiration of the Period hereinafter fixed for its Continuance, or by the previous Dissolution thereof, the Persons qualified as aforesaid shall elect the same or some other Person to be Superintendent, and so on from time to time; and every such Superintendent shall hold his Office until the Election of his Successor: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Governor of New Zealand, on behalf of Her Majesty, to disallow any such Election; and if such Disallowance be signified by the Governor, under the Seal of New Zealand, to the Speaker of such Council, at any Time within Three Months after such Election, the Office of Superintendent shall become vacant: and on any Vacancy occasioned by such Disallowance, or by the Death or Resignation of the Superintendent (such Resignation being accepted by the Governor on behalf of Her Majesty), a new Election shall in like manner take place : Provided farther, that at any Time during the Continuance of the Office of any such Superintendent it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to remove him from such Oificc, on receiving an Address signed by the Majority of the Members of such Provincial Council praying for such Removal; and thereupon the like Proceedings shall be had as in the Case of any such Vacancy as above mentioned. Cl over nor may appoint Electoral Districts, SfC. V. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation, to constitute within each of the said Provinces hereby established convenient Electoral Districts for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council, and of the Superintendent, and to appoint and declare the number of Members to be elected for each such District for the Provincial Council, and to make Provision for the Registration and Revision of Lists of all Persons qualified to vote at the Elections to be holden within such Districts, and for the appointing of Returning Officers, and for issuing, executing, and returning the necessary Writs for such Elections, and for taking the Poll thereat, and for determining the Validity of all disputed Returns.andotherwise for ensuring theordcrly, effective, and impartial Conduct of such Elections ; and in determining the Number and Extent of such Electoral Districts, and the Number of Members to bo elected for each District, regard shall be had to the Number of Electors within the same, so that the Number of Members to be assigned to any One District may bear to the whole Number of the Members of the said Council, as nearly as may be, the same Proportion as the Number of Electors within such District shall bear to the whole Number of Electors within the Limits of the Province., VI. Every Person with’ " rince established, who should be legally qualified as an Elector, and duly registered as such, shall be qualified to be elected a Member of the Provincial Council thereof, or to be elected Superintendent thereof: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary that he reside or possess the QualificuQualif cation of Members. hereby established or be