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PRIVY COUNCIL REGISTRAR ACT 1853
PRIVY COUNCIL REGISTRAR ACT 1853 - LONG TITLE
An Act for removing Doubts as to the Powers of the Registrar of
Her Majesty's Privy Council to administer Oaths, and for providing
for the Performance of the Duties of such Registrar in his
Absence.{1}
[20th August 1853]
Preamble, which recites the Judicial Committee Act 1833 (c.41), rep.
by SLR 1892
PRIVY COUNCIL REGISTRAR ACT 1853 - SECT 1
Registration, &c. may examine witnesses upon oath, &c.
1. It shall be lawful for the registrar for the time being of Her
Majesty's Privy Council appointed under the said Act, or such other
person or persons as shall be appointed for this purpose by Her
Majesty in Council or by the said Judicial Committee, to examine
witnesses and take affidavits and depositions upon oath in all
appeals, causes, and matters whatsoever pending before Her Majesty in
Council or before the said Judicial Committee, and to administer
oaths accordingly.
PRIVY COUNCIL REGISTRAR ACT 1853 - SECT 2
President of the Council may appoint person to act for registrar in
his absence.
2. In case of the absence of the said registrar it shall be
lawful for the President of Her Majesty's Privy Council to appoint
a person to act for the said registrar during such absence; and
such person while so acting shall have the same powers in all
respects as are vested in the said registrar.
PRIVY COUNCIL REGISTRAR ACT 1853 - SECT 3
Saving of existing powers..
3. Nothing herein contained shall be taken to affect the power of
Her Majesty under the said Act or otherwise, to direct or limit
the duties to be performed by the said registrar, or any other
authority which might have been exercised by Her Majesty or by her
Privy Council or the said Judicial Committee in case this Act had
not been passed.