V.  Australien.  1428  252.  New  Zealand.

and  all  such  Drafts  shall  be  taken  into  consideration  in  such  convenient  Manner  as
shall  in  and  by  the  Rules  und  Orders  aforesaid  be  in  that  Behalf  provided.

LVI.  Whenever  any  Bill  which  has  been  passed  by  the  said  Legislative  Councı
and  House  of  Representatives  shall  be  presented  for  Her  Majesty’s  Assent  to  the
Governor,  he  shall  declare  according  to  his  Discretion,  but  subject  nevertheless  to
the  Provisions  contained  in  this  Act  and  to  such  Instructions  as  may  from  Time  to
Time  be  given  in  that  Behalf  by  Her  Majesty,  Her  Heirs  or  Successors,  that  he  assents
to  such  Bill  in  Her  Majesty’s  Name,  or  that  he  refuses  his  Assent  to  such  Bill,  or  that
he  reserves  such  Bill  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s  Pleasure  thereon;  provided
  always,  that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  Governor,  before  declaring  his
Pleasure  in  regard  to  any  Bill  so  presented  to  hin,  to  make  such  Amendments  in
such  Bill  as  he  thinks  needful  or  expedient,  and  by  Message  to  return  such  Bill  with
such  Amendments  to  the  Legislative  Council  or  the  House  of  Representatives  as
he  shall  think  the  more  fitting,  and  the  Consideration  of  such  Amendments  by  the
said  Council  and  House  respectively  shall  take  place  in  such  convenient  Manner  as
shall  in  and  by  the  Rules  and  Orders  aforesaid  be  in  that  Behalf  provided.  _

LVII.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty,  with  the  Advice  of  Her  Privy  Council,
or  under  Her  Majesty’s  Signet  and  Sign  Manual,  or  through  One  of  Her  Principal
Secretaries  of  State,  from  Time  to  Time  to  convey  the  Governor  of  New  Zealand
such  Instructions  as  to  Her  Majesty  shall  seem  meet,  for  the  Guidance  of  such
Governor,  for  the  Exercise  of  the  Powers  hereby  vested  in  him  of  assenting  to  or
dissenting  from  or  for  reserving  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s  Pleasure  Bills
to  be  passed  by  the  said  Legislative  Council  and  House  of  Representatives;  and  it
shall  be  the  Duty  of  such  Governor  to  act  in  obedience  to  such  Instructions.

LVIII.  Whenever  any  Bill  which  shall  have  been  presented  for  Her  Majesty’s
Assent  to  the  Governor  shall  by  such  Governor  have  been  assented  to  in  Her
Majesty’s  Name,  he  shall  by  the  first  convenient  Opportunity  transmit  to  One
of  Her  Majesty’s  Principal  Secretaries  of  State  an  authentic  Copy  of  such  Bill  so
assented  to;  and  it  shall  be  lawful,  at  any  Time  within  Two  Years  after  such  Bill
shall  have  been  received  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  for  Her  Majesty,  by  Order  in
Council,  to  declare  Her  Disallowance  of  such  Bill;  and  such  .Dissallowance,  together
with  a  Certificate  under  the  Hand  and  Seal  of  the  Secretary  of  State  certifying  the
Day  on  which  such  Bill  was  received  as  aforesaid,  being  signified  by  the  Governor
to  the  said  Legislative  Council  and  House  of  Representatives  by  Speech  or  Message
or  by  Proclamation  in  the  Government  Gazette,  shall  make  void  and  annul  the
same  from  and  after  the  Day  of  such  Signification.

LIX.  No  Bill  which  shall  be  reserved  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s
Pleasure  thereon  shall  have  any  Force  or  Authority  within  New  Zealand  until  the
Governor  shall  signify,  either  by  Speech  or  Message  to  the  said  Legislative  Council
and  House  of  Representatives,  or  by  Proclamation,  that  such  Bill  has  been  laid
before  Her  Majesty  in  Council,  and  that  Her  Majesty  has  been  pleased  to
asscnt  to  the  same;  and  an  Entry  shall  be  made  in  the  Journals  of  the  said
Legislative  ‚Council  and  House  of  Representatives  of  every  such  Speech,