LEEWARD ISLANDS.

GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS.
1955, No. 35.

Tur Emercency Laws (Miscetransous Provisions) OrpErR, 1955,
DATED DEcEMBER 7, 1955, MADE BY THE GOVERNOR BY VIRTUE
OF THE POWERS VESTED IN HIM IN THAT BEHALF.

WHEREAS section 18 of the Emergency Laws (Transitional
Provisions) Act, 1946 (hereinafter called “the Act of 1946”) as
amended by section 8 of the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provi-
sions) Act, 1947 (hereinafter called “the Act of 1947’) enabled
provision to be made by Order in Council for the continuation in force
until the 10th day of December, 1950, of Defence Regulations having
effect in Colonies and other territories, and provision was so made by.
the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) (Colonies, etc.) Order in
Council, 1946 (hereinafter called “the Order of 1946’) and the
Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Colonies, ete.) Order in
Council, 1947.

AND WHEREAS Article 3 of the Emergency Laws (Continuance)
Order, 1955 (hereinafter called “the Order of 1955”), made on
the Ist day of December, 1955, in pursuance of the Act of 1947
rovides that the powers exercisable under section 18 of the Act of
1946 shall be exercisable, in relation to any Defence Regulations
remaining in force by virtue of the said section 18 and Article 3 of the
Emergency Laws (Continuance) Order, 1954, when the Order of 1955
was made, as if, in the said section 18 as amended by section 8 of the
Act of 1947 for the reference to the 10th day of December, 1960, there
were substituted a reference to the 10th day of December, 1956:

AND WHEREAS the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(Colonies, ete.) Order in Council, 1955 (hereinafter called “ the Order in
Council of 1955’) made by Her Majesty the Queen on the Ist day
of December, 1955, under the provisions of the above recited Acts
and Orders, enables the Governor by Order to provide—

(a) for the continuation in force until the 10th day of
December, 1956, of any Defence Regulations, being Defence Regu-
lations in force in the Colony: at the date of the making of the
Order of 1955 by virtue of section 18 of the Act of 1946 and
Article 3 of the Emergency Laws (Continuance), Order, 1954: