THE

STATUTE LAW

OF

THE BAHAMAS,

SECOND VOLUME,

COMPRISING ALL

Acts of the General Assembly of the Bahama Islands

PASSED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME IN 1862,
AND IN FORCE AT THE DATE OF THE PUBLICATION

OF THIS WORK.

COLLECTED AND ARRANGED IN EIGHT PARTS
TO CORRESPOND WITH THE COMPILATION OF LAWS OF 1862.

BY THE HONORABLE

GEORGE CAMPBELL ANDERSON, Esq.,

ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE COLONY,

ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF

HIS EXCELLENCY RAWSON WILLIAM RAWSON, Esq., C.B.,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS.

LONDON:
HENRY SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Bookseller and Publisher.

1868.

CONTENTS

PART I.

Class I.-Acts extending the Common and certain Parts of the

Statute Law of England to the Bahama Islands.

4 Vic, c. 30

17 Vic. c. 24

2

23 Vic. c. 23

1

29 Vic. c. 6

2

36 Vic. c. 13

ib.

page 1

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2

3

Class II.--Acts relating to the General Assembly.

29 Vic. c. 1

30 Vic. c. 4

30 Vic. c. 10

Class III.-Acts removing Civil disabilities.

(Nil.)

CLASS IV.-Aliens.

29 Vic. c. 15

. 5

Class V.- Corporate Jurisdiction – Incorporated and other

Mercantile Societies and Companies.

29 Vic. c. 5

6

Class VI.—Literary and Scientific Institutions.

25 Vic. c. 26

18

Class VII.-Friendly Societies.

(Nil.)

Class VIII.– Wills and Estates of deceased Persons.

25 Vic. c. 15

Class IX.-Oaths and Declarations.

29 Vic. c. 4

..

19

PART II.

Class I.-Courts of Chancery and Ordinary.

28 Vic. c. 23

29 Vic. c. 31

30 Vic. c. 13

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20

22

20

1

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Class II. – Court of Error.

(Nil.)

Class III.- Court of Admiralty Sessions.

(Nil.)

Class IV.- Courts of Common Law and Proceedings therein.

28 Vic. c. 23

29 Vic. c. 31

22

29 Vic. c. 34

24

30 Vic. c. 13

30

Class V.-Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

29 Vic, c. 17

39

Class VI.- Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.

27 Vic. c. 3

40

Class VII.—Counsel, Attornies, and Notaries.

(Nil.)

Class VIII.-Juries.

26 Vic. c. 6

41

29 Vic. c. 32

48

PART III.

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Class I.-Treason.

(Nil.)

Class II.- Piracy.

(Nil.)

Class III.-Offences against the Person-Malicious Injuries to

Property and Larceny.

28 Vic, c. 2

51

28 Vic. c. 3

52

28 Vic. c. 31

66

28 Vic. c. 37

79

Class IV.- Forgery-Perjury and False Declarations.

4 Vic. c. 31

107

29 Vic. c. 4

110

Class V.- Criminal Procedure in Superior Courts, &c.

4 Will, 4, c. 25

112

8 Vic. c. 9

116

11 Vic. c. 21

117

12 Vic. c. 19

119

15 Vic, c. 3

120

17 Vic. c. 14

126

18 Vic. c. 14

127

27 Vic. c. 11

128

29 Vic. c. 3

130

..

Class VIII.-Coroners.

(Nil.)

Class IX.-Salaried Justices of the Peace.

25 Vic. c. 23

134

27 Vic. c. 7

135

29 Vic. c. 22

ib.

29 Vic. c. 29

136

Class X.- Acts relating to the Jurisdiction of Justices in the
General Commission of the Peace.

(Nil.)

Class XI.- Constabulary Force.

27 Vic. c. 20

137

28 Vic. c. 38

148

29 Vic. c. 23

149

CLASS XII.-Fire Brigades.

29 Vic. c. 25

150

30 Vic. c. 9

152

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Class XIII.-Militia.

(Nil.)

PART IV.

Class I.- Department of Surveyor-General and Civil Engi-

Class II.-Lands held by the War Department.

(Nil.)

Class III. – Lands held for the use of the Public,