CROWN SUITS ORDINANCE, 1910

CROWN SUITS ORDINANCE, 1910

1910

No. 1 of 1910, incorporated No. 2 of 1862.
No. 2 of 1910, repeated by No. 9 of 1911.
No. 3 of 1910, repealed by No. 20 of 1922.
No. 4 of 1910, incorporated No. .1 of 1888.

No. 5 of 1910.
an ordinance to regulate the law relating to crown suits.

[15th April, 1910.]

-1. This Ordinance may be cited as the crown suits or-
dinance, 1910.

2. the attorney general may lawfully commence and
prosecute in his own name any action or other civil proceed-
ings in respect of any claim made by the Crown, or by the
Governor or government or by any officer of the Govern-
ment in his official capacity against a defendant whether the
cause of action has already arisen or hereafter arises out of
contract or tort or otherwise :

Provided always that this section shall not affect the com-
mencement or prosecution, of any proceedings in respect of
which any enactment provides that such proceedings shall be
taken in the narne, of some public officer other than the
Attorney General.

3. in all ocntracts or other documents hereafter signed,
executed or made by the governor or by any public officer
on behalf of the Governor or government of the public
service, it shall not be necessary to name such Governor or
officer; it shall be sufficient to name the office he holds; and
the governor or officer performing the duties of the office
named shall (unless the coutrary intention appears) be

As amended. by Law Rev Ord., 1924.
The administrative commandant of a volunteer corps is a public officer, and the
service of any volunteer corps is a public service, within the meaning of no. 5
of 1910, see no. 2 of 1920, s. 19.






deemed to be a party thereto as if the office of such governor
or officer was a corporation sole with perpetual succession for
this purpose.

4. every contract and other document heretofore signed,
executed or made by any Governor or other public officer on
behalf of the Governor or government or of the public
service shall (unless the contrary intention appears) be
deemed to have been made by such Governor or officer on
behalf of himself and his successors in office, and shall be
enforceable by the governor or officer performing the duties
of the office named, or, in cases not coming within the
proviso to section 2, by the attorney general on behalf of
such Governor or officer as if the office of such governor or
officer had, at the time of such execution or making, been a
corporation sole with perpetual succession for this purpose.

5. Contracts made, or to be made, in england, for the
Government or for the public service by the Crown Agents,
shall, so far as the same come within the Jurisdiction of the
courts of the Colony, be deemed to have been made. by the
Governor.

6. The omission to add the title of the public office held
by any Governor or public officer signing or executing any
such contract or other document as aforesaid after the
signature of such officer shall not exclude such contract
or other document, whether made before or after the
commencement of this Ordinatice, from the operation of this
Ordinance.

No . 6 of 1910, incorporated in no. 10 of 1899

No. 7 of 1910, incorporated in No. 13 of 1890.

No. 8 of 1910, incorporated in No. 5 of 1890.

No. 9 of 1910, repealed by No. 9 of 1916

No. 10 of 1910, repealed by No. 6 of 1917.

No. 11 of 1910, incorporated in No. 23 of 1909

No. 12 of 1910, incorporated generally
[Originally No.5 of 1910. Law Rev. Ord, 1924.] Short title. Crown suits to be in the name of the Attorney General. Contracts by public officers. Effect of contracts already made by public officers. Contracts by Crown Agents. Omission of title after signature of public officer immaterial.

[Originally No.5 of 1910. Law Rev. Ord, 1924.] Short title. Crown suits to be in the name of the Attorney General. Contracts by public officers. Effect of contracts already made by public officers. Contracts by Crown Agents. Omission of title after signature of public officer immaterial.

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