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An Act to provide, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, and until the End of the next Session of Parliament, for the better Administration of Justice in New- South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof; and for other Purposes relating thereto. 4 Geo. IV. c.96.
XLIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case it shall at any Time seem fit to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to constitute and erect the Island of Van Diemen's Land, and any Islands, Territories or Places thereto adjacent, into a separate Colony, independent of the Government of New South Wales, it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, so to do, any thing hereinbefore to the contrary contained in any wise notwithstanding; and in that Case it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by any Order to be by Him or Them issued, by and with the Advice of His or Their Privy Council, to commit to any Persons or Person within the said Island of Van Diemen's Land, and such Islands, Territories or Places as aforesaid, such and the like Powers, Authorities and Jurisdictions, as by virtue of this present Act or of any other Act of Parliament are or may lawfully be committed to any Person or Persons within the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependencies, from the Judgments, Decrees, Orders and Sentences of the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land, shall cease and determine; and from and after the making of any such Order, all Instruments in Writing whereby any Governor or Acting Governor or Van Diemen's Land, and its Dependencies, shall remit or shorten the Term or Time of Transportation of any Felons or other Offenders, shall have such and the like force, effect and virtue in the Law, as any such Instruments in Writing to be made by any Governor or Acting Governor of New South Wales and its Dependencies can or may lawfully have by virtue of the before mentioned Act passed in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, or by virtue of this present Act.
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