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No, 7 of 1954. Virgin Eslands Constitution 21
and Elections.

(2) When a Bill is presented to the Governor
for his assent, he shall, according to his discretion,
but subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and
of any instructions addressed to him under Her
Majesty’s Sign Manual and Signet or through a
Secretury of State, declare that he assents or refuses
his assent, thereto, or that he reserves the Bil for
the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure.

(8) A law assented to by the Governor shall
come into operation on the date on which such
assent shall be eiven, unless it shall be enacted,
either in such law or im some other enactment that
it shall come into operation on some other date, in
which case it shall come into operation on that date.

(4) A Bill reserved for the signification of
Her Majesty’s pleasure shall become a law so soon
as Her Majesty has given Her assent thereto,
through a Secretary of State, and such assent has
been signified by proclamation. Every such law
shall come into operation on the date of such
proclamation, unless it shall be enacted either in
such law or in some otber enactment that it shall
cone into operation on some other date, in which
case it shall come into operation on that date.

34. (1) Any law to which the Governor
shall have given his assent may be disallowed by
Her Majesty through a Secretary of State.

(2) Whenever any law has been disallowed by
Her Majesty, the Governor shall, as soon as practi
able, cause notice of such disallowance to be
published in the (ace/le.

(3) Every law so disallowed shall cease to
have effect from the date of the publication of such
notice; and thereupon any enactment repealed or
amended by, or in pursuance of, the law disallowed
shall have effect as if such law had not been made,
and, subject thereto, the provisions of subsection
(4) of section 6 of the Interpretation of Laws
Ordinance, IS98, shall apply to such disallowance
us they apply to the repeal of an Ordinance,

VirGin
IsLANDs.

Reserved
Bills.

Disallowance
of Ordinances,

1/1899.