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‘’Commissioners”’ means the Commissioner of the Presi-

dency of Montserrat or the Commissioner of the:

Presidency of the Virgin Islands, as the case may
require, and includes any person for the time being
acting as Commissioner; .

“ Dependency’ means any island administered with the
Presidency of Antigua, or with the Presidency. of
Saint Christopher Nevis and Anguilla;

“ Presidency’ means one of ‘the four Presidencies of
Antigua, Saint Christopher Nevis and Anguilla,
Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands, with its Depen-
dencies (if any);

“the Colony” means the Colony of the Leeward Islands
consisting of the four Presidencies;

‘ the existing Instructions ’’ means the Instructions passed

under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet rhentioned
in the Second Schedule to these Our Letters;

“the existing Letters, Patent’? mean the Letters Patent

mentioned in the First Schedule to these Our Letters;

“the Gazette’? means the official publication printed and
published in ‘the Colony under the title of ‘The
Leeward Islands Gazette’:

Provided that in the Presidency of Saint Christo-

. pher Nevis and Anguilla, “The Gazette” shall

also include the Official Gazette published in that
Presidency. .

© the Governor” means the Governor and Commander-in-
Chief of the Colony, and includes the officer for the

time being administering the Government of the”

Colony, and, to the extent to which a Deputy for
the Governor is authorised to act, that Deputy.

(2) Save as is in these Our Letters otherwise provided or
required by the context the Interpretation Act, 1889(b), shall
apply for the interpretation of these Our Letters as it applies
for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Short title. © These Our Letters may be cited as the Leeward
and com-

_mence- Islands Letters Patent, 1953. They shall come into operation

ment. on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation
published in | the Gazette.

 

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