An Act to determine the Time at which Letters Patent shall take effect in the Colonies (The Colonial Letters Patent Act 1863)
WHEREAS Her Majesty hath from Time to Time caused to be made under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divers Letters Patent intended to take effect within Her Majesty's Colonies and Possessions beyond the Seas: And whereas Doubts are entertained respecting the Period at which such Letters Patent have taken or may hereafter take effect within such Colonies and Possessions, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed: Be it therefore enacted by the Quee...