V.  Australien.  1431  252.  New  Zealand.

LXVIIlI.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  General  Assembly,  by  any  Act  or  Acts
to  alter  from  Time  to  Time  any  Provisions  of  this  Act  and  any  Laws  for  the  Time
being  in  force  concerning  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  said  House  of  Representatives,
  and  the  Qualification  of  Electors  and  Members;  provided  that  every  Bill
for  any  of  such  Purposes  shall  be  reserved  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s
Pleasure  thereon,  and  a  Copy  of  such  Bill  shall  be  laid  before  both  Houses  of  Parliament
for  the  Space  of  Thirty  Days  at  the  least  before  Her  Majesty’s  Pleasure  thereon  shall
be  signified.

LXIX.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  General  Assembly,  by  any  Act  or  Acts
from  Time  to  Time,  to  constitute  new  Provinces  in  New  Zealand,  to  direct  and
appoint  the  Number  of  Members  of  which  the  Provincial  Councils  thereof  shal
consist,  and  to  alter  the  Boundaries  of  any  Provinces  for  the  Time  being  existingl
and  to  alter  the  Provisions  of  this  Act  and  any  Laws  for  the  Time  being  in  force,
respecting  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  Provincial  Councils,  the  Powers  of  such
Councils,  and  the  Distribution  of  the  said  surplus  Revenue  between  the  several
Provinces  of  New  Zealand;  provided  always,  that  any  Bill  for  any  of  the  said  Purposes
shall  be  reserved  for  the  Signification  of  Her  Majesty’s  Pleasure  thereon.

LXX.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty,  in  and  by  any  Letters  Patent  to  be
issued  under  the  Great  Seal  of  the  United  Kingdom,  from  Time  to  Time,  to  constitute
and  establish  within  any  District  or  Districts  of  New  Zealand  One  or  more  Municipal
Corporation  or  Corporations,  and  to  grant  to  any  such  Corporation  all  or  any  of  the
Powers  which,  in  pursuance  of  the  Statutes  in  that  Behalf  made  and  provided,  it  is
competent  to  Her  Majesty  to  grant  to  the  Inhabitants  of  any  Town  or  Borough  in
England  and  Wales  incorporated  in  virtue  of  such  Statutes  or  any  of  them,  and  to
qualify  and  restrict  the  Exercise  of  any  such  Powers  in  such  and  the  same  Manner
as,  by  the  Statutes  aforesaid  or  any  of  them,  Her  Majesty  may  qualify  or  restrict
the  Exercise  of  any  such  Powers  as  aforesaid  in  England:  Provided  always,  that
all  Provisions  of  any  such  Letters  Patent,  and  all  Byelaws  or  Regulations  made  by
any  such  Corporation,  shall  be  subject  to  Alteration  or  Repeal  by  any  Ordinance
or  Act  of  the  Provincial  Council  for  the  Province  in  which  any  such  Corporation
may  be  established,  or  of  the  General  Assembly,  according  to  their  respective  Powers
herein-before  declared.

LXXI.  And  whereas  it  may  be  expedient  that  the  Laws,  Customs,  and
Usages  of  the  aboriginal  or  native  Inhabitants  of  New  Zealand,  so  far  as  they  are
not  repugnant  to  the  general  Principles  of  Humanity,  should  for  the  present  be
maintained  for  the  Government  of  themselves,  in  all  their  Relations  to  and  Dealings
with  each  other,  and  that  particular  Districts  should  be  set  apart  within  which  such
Laws,  Customs,  or  Usages  should  be  so  observed:

It  shall  be  lawful  for  Her  Majesty,  by  any  Letters  Patent  to  be  issued  under
the  Great  Seal  of  the  United  Kingdom,  from  Time  to  Time  to  make  Provision  for
the  Purposes  aforesaid,  any  Repugnancy  of  any  such  native  Laws,  Customs,  or
Usages  to  the  Law  of  England,  or  to  any  Law,  Statute,  or  Usage  in  force  in  New
Zealand,  or  in  any  Part  thereof,  in  anywise  notwithstanding.