TERMINATION OF THE PRESENT WAR (DEFINITION) ORDINANCE, 1919

TERMINATION OF THE PRESENT WAR (DEFINITION) ORDINANCE, 1919

No. 9 of 1919.
An Ordinance to make provision for the determining the
date of the terminatton of the present war, and for
purposes conneeted

[13th June, 1919.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Termination of the
Present War (Definition) Ordinance, 1919.

2. For the purposes of any provision In any Ordinance,
proclamation, or order issued by the Governor or by the
Governor in Council and of any provision in any Act of
Parliament, proclamation, or order issued by His Majesty
the King in Council, extending to this Colony, and, except
where the context otherwise requires, of any provision in
any contract, deed, or other instrument referring, expressly
or impliedly, and in whatever form of words, to the present
war or the present hostilities, the present war shall. be treated
as having continued. to, and as having ended on, the date
which His Majesty by Order in Council declares under the
Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, to
be the date to be treated as the date of the termination of
the present war:

Provided that in the case of any such Ordinance, pro-
clamation, or order issued by the Governor, conferring
powers on any Government department, or any public officer,
exerciseable during the continuance of the present war, if it
appears to the Governor that it is expedient that the powers
shall cease before the date so fixed as aforesaid, the Governor
in Council may fix some, earlier date for the termination of
those powers.

3. The date, which is to be treated as the date of the
termination of war between His Majesty and any particular
state, shall be such date as His Majesty may by Order in
Council declare under the Termination of the Present War
(Definition) Act, 1918.

See G. N. 412 of 1921. The date of the termination of the present war is Mst
August, 1921.
The following dates wore fixed by Orders in Council:---
Germany, 10th Jan. 1920. see G. N. No. 179 of 1920.
Austria, 16th July 1920. see G. N. No. 410 of 1920.
Bulgaria, 9th Aug. 1920. See G. N. No. 456 of 1920.
Hungary, 31st Aug. 1921. See G. N, No. 413 of 1921.
[Originally No. 9 of 1919.] Short title. Date of termination of the present war. 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 59. Date of termination of war with any particular state. 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 59.

[Originally No. 9 of 1919.] Short title. Date of termination of the present war. 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 59. Date of termination of war with any particular state. 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 59.

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