396
THE ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT OF
1925.
(16 Geo. TI. No. 25.)
dlt Act for t h e iiore Effectual Trwvnfion o/ Crirrlty t o Animals.
[Assented to 12th November, 1925.3
1. Short title.-This Act may be cited as ‘’ The Aszimals I’.rotcction
A c t of 1923.”
2. Repeal of 1 Edw. VII. No. 26.--‘‘TIlc
of 1901” is repealed.
Animals Protcciicrlz Act
3. Interpretation.-In
this i l c t , uulcss the contest othcrwise
indicates, t.he following terms have the iucaniiigs s c t against them
respectively, that is to say:“Animal”-Any
domestic or captive or inipoundecl animal;
“Domestic aiiima1”-Any horse, ass, mule, bull, sheep, pig, goat*,
dog, cat, or poultry, or any other animal of Tvhatsoever kind
or species, and whether a quadruped or not, which is tame
or Ifhieh has been o r is being sufficiently tamed t.o serve some
purpose for the use of man;
Captive aniinal’’--,Iny animal (not being a doiucstic animal)
of whatsoever killd or spccics, and iv1iCthey a qnadruped or
110t, including any hircl, fish, or reptile, which is in captivity
or confiiicrncut , or vliich is m a i n i d , 1)jiiioiied, or subjected
to any i~ppliiiricc or contrivance for l’tict piwpose of hiudering or prcvcziting its cscape from cspt ilrity or confinement;
“Officer”-The lollowing paid servants of the Queenslanci Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty, namely-the Secretary, Chief
( (
397
Ai imals Protection Act of
1925.
ss. 3, 4.
Inspector, and Inspectors, also every member of the police
force and any other person approvcd to be an officer under
this Act by the Governor in Conncil;
“ Court ”-Any
court of petty sessions tincler “The Justices
Acts, lSSG t o 1924”;
“Ill-treat ” iiicludes ill-treat, wound,, mntilate, overdrive, oyerride, overwork, abuse, worry, torment, tort lire and cause
any aniinal unnwessary 1)aiii o r suffering ; also ovcrload o r
drive wlien overloaded, and ovcrcro~vcI, ancl unreasonably
Iwat or kick ;
“Po~uitl” iiscd in relation to the impounding or confining of
aiiiiiiills, inclucies a place of any kind in which animals arc
confincd uucler the impounding laws of Queensland ; ancl
“inipounded ” has the same correlative meaning.
For Thc, Jiisticcs .Icts, ISHG t o 103‘7, w e titlc J~STICTS.
Yor w1i:it is ‘ ‘~iiiiecessnry’ ’ snffcriiig, sec Cu)mi~{/Imm
v. Sparrow, [l924]
S.A.E.lt. 1 7 .
4. Offences of cruelty.-(1.) It shall be an offence agaiust this
-1ct for any pcrsoii to( U ) Ill-treat ol* cause or procure t o be ill-treated or be iz party
l o ill-treating sluy animal; or
( 6 ) Negllcet t o supply any domestic nriirnal o r iuipou~~clecl
or
captive animal with sufficient suitable ifooil or water o r
protection against hot or inclement weather ; or
t c ) Keep o r use or act in the rnanngement of any place where
fighting o r baiting of any animal is allowed, o r receive money
f o r the admission of any person t o any such place; or
( t l ) Convey, carry, or pack, o r cause to be conveyed, carried? or
packed, any animal in such manner o r position as t o subject
such animal t o unnecessary pain or snEering; o r in a case
o r crate that is not higher and longer than such animal; o r
( e ) Ride, drive, use, convey, or carry any animal which is unfit
for such use or treatment; o r
(f) Keglcct, as the owner or person in charge, t o reasonably
exercise or release or cause to be exercised or released at
least once it day any dog habitually tied up ; o r
(9)Convey, carry, o r pack, or cause t o be conveyed, carried,
o r paekecl, any live poultry in a case or crate together with
other poultry which is of different species ; o r
( h ) Except for medicinal o r carative purposes administer any
poison, drug, medicine, local anasthetic, o r noxious substance t o any animal entered or about t o be entered in any
race o r upon any racecourse, or upon any ground used for
the coursing of dogs, or espose any poison, drug, medicine,
o r noxious substance with the intention that the same shall
be taken, swallowed, injected, or inhaled in order t o impede
o r affect. the safety, endurance, speed, sense, health, or
physical condition of any aiiiiiial, or m e or apply any
galvanic or electric battery or other similar appliance upon
o r t o any animal during its training for or before o r after
being entered f o r any race or upon any racecourse.
5, Homing pigeons.-(1.) X o person shall inteiitioiially o r negligently shoot, kill, disable, ensnare, trap, or otherwise injure 01‘ (not
being the owner) confine or cause t o be confined any homing 1 woii
knorring or hai5ng reasoliable cause t o believe that the pigcon 1s ii
homing pi,meon.
(2.) No person shall enter upon any enclosed land or premises for
the purpose of unlawfully killing, wounding, disabling, ensnaring,
catching, taking, or in anywise injuring or destroying any hominc
pigeon of which he is not the ovaer.
(3.) No person shall, without due authority in that behalf (tho
proof whereof shall lie upon him!, remove o r tamper with any metal
or rubber ring affixed o r attached t o either or both legs of a homing
pigeon.
(4.)If any person( a ) Offending against this section does not, when thereunto
recjnireci, give his name and address, o r gives a false name
and address, to any person; o r
(a) JTithout reasonable excuse cloes uot mi reqrwst being rnacic,
and production of reasonable evidence of ownership, dc1ivc.r
up to the owner any homing pigeon,
he shall be guilty of a n offence against this Act.
399
ss. 5-7.
( 5 . ) For the purposes of this section, the term “Homing pigeon”
includes all pigeons used as bearers of messages o r as racing pigeons,
and which have affisccl or attached to either or both legs a, rubber or
metal ring.
For parties t o offeiiccs, sce s. 17, post, niid notes thereto.
No penalty appears t o bc imposed for 1ireachc.s of this section.
appears t o render such breaches suiiiriinry offences.
S. 31, post,
6. Compensation f o r injury caused to animal, person, or property,
any person, by cruelty within the meaning of this Act t o any
aniinal, does or caiises to be done any damage or injury to the animal
o r any person or property, he shall upon conviction under this Act be
liable, upon the application of the person aggrieved, to be ordered t o
pa!-! as compensation to the person mho sustains damage o r injury as
aforesaid, such siiiii not exceeding ten pounds as the c o u r t before which
he is convicted may consider reasonable :
Provided that this section shall not( a ) Prevent the taking of any other legal proceedings in respect
of any such damage or injury, so that a person be not twice
proccccietl against in respect of the same claim; nor
( b ) A f f ~ c tthc liability of any person to be proceeded against
and punislied under this Act for an offcnce under this Act.
--If
This section roplaccs a. provision o f S. 1.1 ~f The Animals Protection Act
of 1901.
For cruelty, see 8. 4, mzlc, and notes thereto.
No compcnantion is payable where an animal is killed in aceordance with
813. 13, 14, TJOSt.
Sce, also, 8. 4 ( 3 ) , awte.
7. Exemptions.-(1.) Escept as hereinafter provided, nothing in
this Act shall render uplawfulThe slaughtering of any animal in any manner which may
be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Jewish
o r other religion; 01.
The dehorning of cattle, or the castration, speying, earsplitting, ear-marking, or branding of any animal, o r the
tailing of any lamb, where the operation is performed with
a minimum of suffering to the animal operated upon ; o r
The estermination of rabbits, marsupials (not being protected under any law) dingoes, wild o r stray dogs or cats,
foxes, or vermin ; o r
The ext.ermination or destruction of any animal under the
acthority of any Act, regulation, or by-law in force for the
time being; or
The hunting, snaring, trapping, shooting, o r capturing of
any animal not in a domestic state and not being protected
under any lam; or
Any vivisection or other experinlent performed on any
animal in accordance with regulations made by the Governor
in Council for the humane conduct of such experiments,
by any person who is (pursuant to such regulations) duly
authorised by the Home Secretary t o perform such experiments; or
Any operation of the nature of an inoculation o r of a feeding
experiment.
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[Vol. I.
ss. 7, 8 ,
(2.) The exemption in this section contained shall not take effevt( a ) I n any case of ill-treatment : or
(8) I n any case of vivisection or other experiment as descrlberl
in paragraph (3') of subsection one hcreof wherein the
folloving conditions are neglected, that is to say:(i.) The operation shall be performed in accordance with iiic
said wgulations ;
(ii.) The aiiiiml subject, t o the operation shall, c'uring t tic
~ r h o l c tiinc thcwol'. 1 1 t h so uiidvr the itifiuciicc of sotile
aiitv~tlir~tivas to be inseiisible i o 1)ain ;
(iii.j Whcr; tlic aninial Iias in tlie coiirsc of t l w opcration l r ~ c n
so ill jniw1 iliat its recovery wonld iiivolvc serious snll'ering, it sliall be destroyed while still insensible in
accorclance with the said regulaiions :
(iv.) An anitnal w-hich lias sufl'ered one nperat io11 shall n o t he
snbjectecl t o another.
This section replaces s. I 2 of Tlic Animals Protectiou .\vi of 1901.
For dcfinitioiis of animal " and ' ill-trentmcnt " s w - li. 3 , (zt!,!c.
8. (1.)Power to prohibit use of animal unfit for work.-U' a ~ i y
officer is of the opinion that any animal is unfit to bc iiscvl i n work o r
labour, or in work o r labour of any particnlar liiutl, hv iiiay, by notiw
signed by hini and delivered t o any person aplmrciitlj- in charge of
such animal, direct that such animal is not to lie u s c ~ lin worli or
labour or in work or labour of the kind specificcl in siicli notice, f ~ r
any time therein not exceeding twenty-one clays.
(2.) If any court is of a like opinion, the court, may cause t o be
served on the owiier or the person in charge of the aniitial a like notice.
(3.) Extension of prohibition.-At
the espiration of the period
mentioned in any notice so delivered or served, tlie officer o r the court,
as the case may be, may in like manner serve or deliver a further notice
directing that such animal is not. to he used for a fnrther period not
esceecling tr~enty-onedays.
(4.)Application for removal of prohibition.-Any
person who
considers that he is injured or aggrieved by snch notice may make
application to a court t o have the notice annulled or varied, and thereupon the court may summon the officer to show cause to tlic contrary.
No costs shall be given against an officer in any such proceeding
unless the court is of opinion that the officer acted without reasoiirahlr
cause.
( 5 . ) Any person who contravenes the provisions of any notirqe
issued in accorclance with this secfion ancl dcliwred t.0 him or brought
to his knowledge shall be guilty of cruelty, ancl sllall be liable to he
punished accorclingly.
(6.) The provisions of this section are in addition to and shall
not be coilstrued as being i n derogation of any othrr prorision of this
Act.
For definitions o f " oflicer, " ' 'animal, " and ' vourt, ' ' sce s. 3, m t c .
For the pciinlty €or cruplty, see
9.
-1 ( I ) ? ante.
401
AwimaZs Pf*otectioli$Act of 1925.
SS.
9-13.
9. Officer may enter and inspect.-Any officer may enter into any
place whatsoever for the purpose OP inspceting any animal therein and
the acconiii~odationf o r such animals o r for the purpose of ascertaining
whether any of the provisions of this Act, have been or are being
contravened. Any person hindering such officer from so doing shall
be guilty of an offence against this Act, and be liable t o a penalty not
esceeding ten pounds.
For dcfinitions OF‘ ‘Lofficcr” and “animnl,” gcc s. 3, m i t e .
10. Apprehension of offenders.-Any nicwber of the police force,
upon his own vicw or 17po1~the complaint ant1 information of any other
person, ~iiay,willtout any warrant other than this Act, take into custody
any person committing or ~cssonablysuspcctcd of having committed
2111 ofr‘ence against any ot‘ i h c provisions of this Act. ancl bring S17Ch
person before a jwticu For the purpose of Ixing dealt with according
l o Ian..
This section replaces s. 1 0 of The Animals Protcrtion A c t of 1901.
Scmblr. in a case witliiii this scvtion there is n o ncvrssiig f o r c1 summons.
Sre B. I-. Ju,vlicw u t C h ~ t l i i n , [l!)STJ St. X. Qtl. 369; 1!127] Q.W.N. 53; 3 1
Q.J.J’.II. 133.
11. Vehicles, &c., may be detained.-(1.)
Whcuewr a member of
the policc forcc arrcsts any person having cliargc of any vehicle or
aniiiial for an of‘fcncc against this Act, h c iziay take possession of such
rehiclc o r animal, and aiiy sadt‘lle and harness on or attachecl t o such
aniuial or vcliicle, and deposit the same in some place of safe custody
f o r the plirpose of producing t h e same as evidencc in a prosecution
under this Act, or as security for payment of any penalty o r cornpensation to which such person or the owner of such vehicle or animal may
become liable, and the expenses which have been or may be necessarily
incurred for taking charge of and keeping the same; and he may in
like manner take possession of any implement, stick, whip, or other
weapon i n possession o r under the control of the alleged offender.
(2.) The court which hears the case may in default of payment
order such vehicle, animal, saddle, o r harness, o r any of them, to be
soId for the purpose of satisfying such penalty, eotiipensatioa (if any),
and reasonable expenses in like manner as if t.hcy had been distrained
upon f o r the payment of the same.
This section replaces
S. 11 of The Animals Protcction Act of 1901.
F o r definitions of ‘ animal’ and ‘ ‘ court, ” see s. 3, ante.
As t o compensation sec s. 6, ante.
[
12. Limitation.-Every complaint in respect of a n offence agaiust
illis act. shall be laid o r made within thirty days after the cause of
offence o r complaint came t o the knowledge of the complainant.
13. Destruction of certain animals in certain cases.-- (1.)Any
animal found abandoned or diseased, or injured, o r disabled t o such
an extent that its existence involves continued suffering, may be killed
upon the authority of a justice o r veterinary practitioner, o r officer,
o r an officer of the Local Authority having jurisdiction vithin t h e area
There the aniriial is found, whether such animal has been the subjectmatter of a prosecution or not:
Provided that in any case There the authority of a veterinary
practitioner has not been obtained under this provision, notice of the
402
SS. 13-15.
w0i. I.
proposed killing shall wherever reasonably practicable be given to the
owner of the animal, and he shall be at liberty within twenty-four
hours after the receipt of such notice to obtain at his own cost the
opinion of a veterinary practitioner as to the probability of the recovery
of the animal, and, whenever such notice bas been given, such killing
shall not take place until after the lapse of such twenty-four hours.
Notice of the fact of such killing shall in every case be given to
such Local Authority, and such Local Authority may recover any cost
incurred by it, in the destruction and disposal of the carcass, from
the owner of any such animal, by complaint before any two justices.
No compensation shall be recoverable against any person in respect
of the killing of an animal under this section.
(2.) If an injured animal can without cruelty be removed, it shall
be the duty of the person in charge of the animal t o cause it forthwith
to be removed with as little suffering as possible, and if that person
fails to do so an officer may, without the consent of that person, cause
the animal forthwith to be so removed.
(3.) Any expense which may be reasonably incurred by a n officer
in carrying out the provisions of this section, and whether the animal
is ldled under this seetion o r not, may be recovered from the owner
summarily as a civil debt.
Subs. (I) rephces s. 9 of The Animals Protection Act of 1901.
For dcfinitions of “officer” and “animal,” sec s. 3, ante.
14. Killing of animals.-If it is made to appear t o any justice by
personal inspection, or by the testimony of a reliable witness, that any
animal impounded in any pound or found elsewhere is in such a weak,
disabled, or diseased state that it ought t o be killed, it shall be lawful
f o r him, by writing under his hand, to order that the said animal shall
be forthwith killed; and such order shall be sufficient authority t o the
poundkeeper or owner of such animal or any other person authorised
by the said justice to kill the same, and no compensation whatever shall
be recoverable in respect of such killing.
15. Power t o private persons t o provide food for animals in
confinement.-If any animal is at any time impounded o r confhed in
any yard, pen, cage> hutch, pound, or receptacle of the like nature, or
deprived of its liberty, and continues impounded, confined, or restrained
without fit and sufficient food aud Tater for more than twenty-four
consecutive hours, or in the case of ruminants for more than
eighteen hours, it shall be lawful for any person whomsoever to
enter iato arid upon any pard or premises or any pound o r other
yeceptaclt: of the like nature in which any such animal is so conhed,
and to supply such aniinal vith fit and sufficient food arid water during
so long a. tiice as it remains and continues so impounded, confined, or
restrained, without being liable to any action of trespass or other proceeding by any person vhomsoever for or by reason of such entry f o r
the purposes aforesaid.
The reusonable cost of such food and water shall be paid by the
owner or person having the custody of such animal to the person ~ t i o
has supplied the same, and siicb cost may be recovered by complaint
before the court.
This section replaces s. S of The -4nimals Protection Act of 1901.
403
Air iliiuls Protectioii Act of 1925.
ss. 16, 17.
16.Obstructing officers.-Any
person who( a ) Unlawfully obstructs, hinders, molests, or assaults any officer
who is authorised to exercise any power or authority under
or by virtue of this Act; o r
( b ) Is committing an offence under this Act, and when required
by au o€fieer to give his name and aciciress refuses to do so
or gives a false name and addressshall bc guilty of an offciice against this Act, and liable t o a penalty not
csceccliii g ten poiinds.
17. (1.) Parties t o offences.--l3wy person sliall be deemed to be
guilty of an ogence unclcu iliis A c t who( ( I ) Aclualljr coitiiiiits such ofleiice ; or
( 0 ) Aids o r abets any person in the cornmission thereof ; or
Directly or indirectly causes 01’ couiiscls or procures any
pci’son to commit such offeiice; or
((2) iiiioivingly permits such offencc to lw coitiinittcd in cziiy
place iu his possession, or under his control; or
( c ) 1s t h e owiier or a pcrson having 1)osaussioii or custody o r
control of m y animal in respect of which such offence has
bccn committed, unless lie roves that lie liad taken all
rcasouable precautions against the coiiiruission of an offence
under this Act and that he had a t the time no reason to
suspect that any such offence was being or would be
committed.
(2.) Permitting cruelty.-For the purposes of this Act, an owner
01‘ person having possession or custody or control of any animal shall
be deemed t o have permitted cruelty if he has failed t o exercise reasonable care and supervision in respect of the protection of the animal
therefrom, o r failed to take reasonable steps t o prevent the unnecessary
suffering of the animal.
(3.) Exoneration of employee in c e r t a h cases.-Whenever any
person, who is an employee charged with any offence under this Act,
proves to the satisfaction of the court that the acts constituting the
offence were done o r permitted by him in the course of his employment
as such employee and that prior t o the commission of the offence he
called his employer’s attention t o the unfitness of the animal for the
use or treatment constitnting the offence, the court may discharge the
defendant o r adjourn the hearing, and issue a summons against the
employer for a like offence. I n the event of the employer being found
guilty, the court may order him t o pay the costs incurred in prosecuting
both himself and his employee.
( ( 8 )
Subs. (1) (a)-(@ of this section replaces S. 13 of The Animals Protection
Act of 1901.
F o r definitioii of “animal,” sec s. 3, ante.
A person who aids or abets t h e coinmission of an offence may be charged
sinilily x i t h lixvinq committed it. (Adans T. Monfype?iny, [1915] St. R. Qd.
195; [1915] Q.W.N. 29; 9 Q.J.P.11. 194.)
Subs. (2) forms an exception t o the rule that guilty knowledge is essential
to an offence and must be proved. (See Hnlsbury’s Laws of England (2nd ea.),
Vol. 1, p. 585; English and Empire Digest, Vol. 2, p. 284.) In Whiting v. I U ~ S
(1915), 84 L.J.K.B. 1878, it was decided that the onus of proving reasonable
car0 and supervision lies on the owner.
404
ss. 18-21.
Aninz 01s and B i ~ d s .
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P o
18. Employers and owners to produce animals and drivers when
req&ed.--(l.)
\There proceedings are instituted under this Act, it
shaU be laKful f o r the court t o issue a, summons directed to the owncz‘
of the animal requiring him to produce, either at or a t any time before
the hearing of the case, as may be stated in the summons, the animal
f o r the inspection of the court, if such production is possible without
cr-fieltF.
(‘7.j Where proceedings are instituted under this Act against tlrv
clriver o r conductor of any vehicle, it shall be lawful for the court t o
issue a summons directed t o the einploycr of thc driver or condiictor,
as the case may be, recliiiring him, if it is in his power so to do, t o
produce the driver o r conductor at the hearing of the case.
(3.) Where a summons is issued under either of the foregoing
subsections of this section, ancl the owner or employer, as the case I t l a y
be, fails to compls thereu-ith without satisfact<ory cscusc, lie shalt 1)c
liable upon surumary convictiou to a pezialiy n o t exccecling five p o n ~ 1~sc
f o r the first occasion, and n o t esceccling ten pounds Tor the sccontt o r
any subsequent occasion on which hc. so fails, and iiiay hc? rvqiiirtjd z t)
pay the costs of any adjournment reiiclcred necessary by his lailurc.
F o r a definition of ‘;court,” sec 8. 3, w t 1 ( .
For “crueltg,” see s. 4j nrtlc, aiid notcs tlicrcto.
19. Person convicted may be deprived of ownership.--ZC the OWL~CI’
of any animal is g-nilty of cruelty, within the ~ u c a n h gof tliis Act, t o
an animal, the court upon his conviction thereof may, if it tbinlis fit.,
if it is shou-n by evidence as t o a previous conviction, o r as to t h e
character of the owuer, or otherwise, that the animal if lcft with the
owner is likely to be exposed t o further cruelty, in additioii t o any o t h e r
punishment, deprive such person of the ownership of the animal, aud
make such order as to the disposal of the animal as it thinks fit u n d e r
the circumstances.
For “cruelty,”
see s. 4, ante, and notes thereto.
20. Sale and purchase of decrepit animals.-An auctioneer or
other person who sells o r offers €or sale, and any person who buys or
attempts to knowingly buy, except for the purpose of slaughter, any
horse, ass, mule, or other domestic anirnal, which is so old, or permanently diseased, o r pennanently disablecl that it is uufit €or work,
shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable to a perialty not
exceeding five pouncls nor less than tvo pounds.
The production of a certificate from the buyer of any such animal,
+en at the time of sale t o the auctioneer or vendor, that the animal
?
IS being purchased for immediate slaughter, shall be a defence to a213’
prosecution of an auctioneer or vendor under this section.
For a dehition of ‘(domestic animal,’’ see s. 2, anfc.
21. Slaughtering of decrepit animals.-Every
person nvho is
employed in the killing of decrepit animals shall couform t o the
following rules :(1.) -411 animals shall be slangliterecl, with ns little Imiu :is possible, Tithin t T o days froin t h e time they have heen tlclivcred to the
slaughterer. h y animal vrhich is in paiu shall be slaughtered withoxxt
deIay.
405
Anhi d s Protectioyz Act of 19%.
ss. 21-23.
(2.) All animals shall be properly fed and matered alter they have
been dclivcred t o the slaughterer.
(3.) No animal shall be used o r employed f o r any work after it
lias been delivered to the slaughterer.
(4.)The slaughterer shall enter. in a book lcept f o r the purpose,
such a full and correct description of the coloiir, hriintIs, niarks and
gender of every animal delivewcl to him as may elcarly distinguish
and identify same, and the name and address of the person Srom whoin
the animal was received. The hoolc shall be produced by him o n thc
orcler of any c o i i ~ t ,and hc shall allom siich book t o be inspected and
estracts t o bc macle therefrom at all reasonable times by any constable
o r officer.
(5.) The slaughterer shall not part with alive, or procure or
yicimit any person t o sell o r part vith alive, any animal that has been
delivered t o him for slaughter.
(6.) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this
section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.
( 7 . ) For the purposes of any provision of this Act whic+lrrelat(1h
to offences of criielty, thc slaughterer shall be cleeriud to he thc o w i i ~ r
of the animal ~lelivereclt o him, ancl thc anitnal shall he deeniecl t o h a w
i w w delivered to him i€ delivered either to himelf o r to any person
oil ]lis behalf.
CS.) This section shall not apply to any zoological gardens that
may hereafter be established in Queensland.
For a. definition of “animal,” see s. 3, antc.
22, Procedure.--All proceedings in respect of offences against this
Act shall be heard and determined in a summary may under the
provisions of “T‘he J w f i c e s Acts, 1886 to 1924.”
For time for complaints, see s. 12, ante.
For The Justices Bets, 1886 to 1932, see title JUSTICES.
23. Regulations.-The Governor in Council may from time t o time
make all such regulations as in his opinion are necessary o r convenient
for giying full effect to this Act.
-111 such regulations shall be published in the Gasetfe, and mheu
so pciblished shall have the same effect as if they were enacted in this
Act. and shall be judicially noticed, and shall not be questioned on any
ground whatsoever.
All such regulations shall be laid before the Legislative AsseinblJwithin forty days after the publication of the same if the Legislative
Assembly is then sitting, and, if not, then within forty days after the
conlineneement of the next ensuing session of the Legislative Assembly.