Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colonial_Laws_Validity_Act_1865
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Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affects gptkb:colonialism
colonial legislatures
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:British_colonies
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1865
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
Legal history of the British Empire
gptkbp:citation gptkb:28_&_29_Vict._c._63
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1865
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb:An_Act_to_remove_Doubts_as_to_the_Validity_of_Colonial_Laws
gptkbp:purpose Clarify the relationship between colonial laws and laws of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 29 June 1865
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Statute_of_Westminster_1931
gptkb:Australia_Act_1986
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Australia_(for_Australia)_1986
gptkb:Australia_Act_1986
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Colonial_Laws_Validity_Act_1865
gptkbp:significance Allowed colonial legislatures to make laws different from UK law unless specifically overridden
Established that colonial laws repugnant to UK law were void to the extent of repugnancy
gptkbp:status Amended
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Statute_of_Westminster_1931
gptkb:Statute_of_Westminster,_1931
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5