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Public Seal Ordinance 1853

6. The Public Seal Ordinance 1853.

An Ordinance to Create a Public Seal for the Province of Canterbury. Be it enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury,

with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, as follows:—

1. Public Seal for Canterbury created.

There shall be a Public Seal for the Province of Canterbury for sealing all things whatsoever that shall require to be sealed by the Government of the Province.

2. Superintendent may cause Seal to be made, and Device engraven thereon.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent to cause the Public Seal to be made, and to be engraven with such Device as he shall think fit; and such Device, once made, shall not be altered except by the consent of the Provincial Council.

3. Public Seal to be kept by Keeper of Public Records.

The Public Seal shall be kept in the Office of the Public Records, and shall be in the custody of the Keeper of the Public Records, to be used only by him as hereinafter provided, and not otherwise.

4. Public Seal to be used only under Warrant of Superintendent with consent of Executive Council.

The Public Seal shall be used in pursuance of Warrants, directed to the Keeper thereof, to be issued under the hand of the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council: And it shall be the duty of the Keeper of the Public Records to seal with the Public Seal all things specified in such warrants.

5. Public Seal not to be used unless in presence of Member of Executive

Council.

The Public Seal shall not be used except in the presence of a Member of the Executive Council, and everything sealed therewith shall be signed by the Keeper of the Public Records, and by the Member of the Executive Council witnessing the sealing thereof.

6. Superintendent, with consent of Executive Council, may make Regulations for safe custody and use of Seal, and fix Scale of Fees. Regulations to be binding.

It shall be lawful for the Superintendent, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to make Regulations, not being contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance for the safe custody and for the convenient using of the Public Seal, and to fix a Scale of Fees, payable for the using thereof; and such Regulations and Scale of Fees, with such advice as aforesaid, to alter and rescind, and to make others in their stead. And such Regulations and Scale of Fees, being published in the “Government Gazette,” shall be binding on all those whom they may concern, and shall have the force of Law.

7. Title.

This Ordinance shall be entituled and may be cited as “The Public Seal

Ordinance, Session I., No. 6.”

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council, and assented to by the Superintendent on 23rd November 1853.