V. Australien. 1418 252. New Zealand.
I. The said Acts, and all Charters, Letters Patent, Instructions, and Orders
in Council issued in pursuance thereof, shall be and the same are hereby repealed,
80 far as the same are repugnant to or would prevent or interfere with the Operation
of this Act, or any Letters Patent or Instructions to be issued under the Authority
or in pursuance of this Act: Provided nevertheless, that all Laws and Ordinances
made and Acts done under and in pursuance of the said recited Acts, and any Charters,
Letters Patent, Instructions, or Orders in Council issued in pursuance thereof, shall
continue as lawful, valid, and effectual as if this Act had not been passed, save so
far as any such Laws, Ordinances, or Acts may be repugnant to or would prevent
or interfere with the Operation of this Act: Provided also, that, until the Expiration
of the Time or latest of the Times appointed for the Return of Writs for the First
Election of Members of the Provincial Councils of the Provinces established by this
Act, the existing Provincial Legislative Councils shall continue to have and exercise
all Rights, Jurisdiction, Powers, and Authorities which they would have had if
this Act had not been passed; and until the Expiration of the Time appointed for
the Return of the Writs for the First Election of the Members of the House of Representatives
to be constituted under this Act, the Legislative Council of New Zealand
shall continue to have and exercise all Rights, Jurisdietion, Powers, and Authorities
which such Legislative Council would have had if this Act had not been passed.
II. The following Provinces are hereby established in New Zealand; namely,
Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago; and the
Limits of such several Provinces shall be fixed by Proclamation by the Governor
88 soon as conveniently may be after the Proclamation of this Act in New Zealand.
III. For each of the said Provinces hereby established, and for every Province
hereafter to be established as herein-after provided, there shall be a Superintendent
and a Provincial Council, and the Provincial Council of each of the said Provinces
hereby established shall consist of such Number of Members, not less than Nine,
88 the Governor shall by Proclamation direct and appoint.
IV. Upon or before the Issue of Writs for the First Election of Members of the
Provincial Council for any Province established ‚by or under this Act, the Persons
duly qualified in each of the said Provinces to, elect Members for the Provincial
Councils as hereinafter mentioned shall elect a "Superintendent of such Province;
and on the Termination of such Council by Expiration of the Period herein-after
fixed for its Continuance, or by the previous Dissolution thereof, the Persons qualified
as aforesaid shall elect the same or some other Person to be Superintendent, and so on
from Time to Time; and every such Superintendent shall hold his Office until the
Election of his Successor: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Governor
of New Zealand, on behalf of Her Majesty, to disallow any such Election; and if such
Disallowance be signified by the Governor, under the Seal of New Zealand, to the
Speaker of such Council, at any Time within Three Months after such Election, the
Office of Superintendent shall become vacant; and on any Vacancy occasioned by
such Disallowance, or by the Death or Resignation of the Superintendent (such
Resignation being accepted by the Governor on behalf of Her Majesty), a new Election
