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Act of Parliament

Royal assent, unless otherwise provided (English) Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act, 1793 [33 Geo. 3, c. 13)]. Before this Act, all statutes related back to the first day of the sessions in which they were passed. But where

Consolidation Acts (English)

County Court Act, 1934. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (see that title), by s. 38(1) enacts that-- Where this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any … that title), by s. 38(1) enacts that-- Where this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provisions of a former Act, references in any other Act

Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)

shortening the language used in Acts of Parliament' and other similar Acts, and further shortening such language. By this Act, in Acts passed after 1850, words importing the masculine gender include females, words in the singular include the … are provided of 'month,' 'land,' 'parish' (see those titles), and other terms. The Act also provides that:- In this Act and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, references to the

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Adoptive Act of Parliament

Adoptive Act of Parliament, an Act which comes into operation within a limited area upon being adopted, in manner prescribed

Uniformity, Act of

Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and

Act of State

Act of State, means not all governmental acts as it does in the French and Continental Systems but only

This Act

This Act, means the entire Act, Bhatia International v. Bulk Trading S.A., (2002) 4 SCC 105. The words 'this Act' … This Act, means the entire Act, Bhatia International v. Bulk Trading S.A., (2002) 4 SCC 105. The words 'this Act' refer to the principal Act in which s. 3 (2) is inserted by virtue of the amend-ment, and

Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884

(1) It shall not be necessary to register a memorial of any instrument made after the commencement of this Act in any local deeds registry unless the instrument operates to transfer or create a legal estate or to

Act

Act, Something done or performed especially voluntarily; a deed, Black's law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Is used with

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

an outgoing agricultural tenant in respect of the improvements effected by him during his tenancy. The operation of this Act could be and frequently was excluded by agreement, but now the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of

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