Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Preamble
Whereas a certain Act of Parliament was passed in
the sixth and seventh years of the reign of Her present Majesty, entitled
‘An Act to amend the Law respecting Defamatory Words and
Libel;’ 2*
And whereas it is expedient to adopt and apply the
said Act to the Administration of Justice in this Colony:
Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the
Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Act, and every
clause, provision, and enactment therein respectively contained, shall be and
the same is hereby adopted and directed to be applied in the administration of
Justice, so far as they can be applied respectively to the circumstances of
this colony.
This
Ordinance may be cited as the Imperial Act Adopting Ordinance 1847 .
[Inserted by No. 10 of 1970 s.3.]