Crown Office Act 1877

3 Rules by Queen in Council as to language of documents to which Act applies. U.K.

Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, make, and when made from time to time revoke, add to, or alter rules—

(1) Prescribing the form in which documents to which this Act applies, or any of them, are to be worded; and

(2) Making regulations as to the publication of royal proclamations, and as to the towns to which copies of such proclamations are to be sent, and generally as to the best mode of making such proclamations known to the public:

Provided that—

(1) Acts of or Bills in Parliament may in all cases be cited by their short titles; and

(2) Whenever convenient, the enumeration of Acts of or Bills in Parliament, of names of persons, or other matters, shall be contained in a schedule or schedules, and . . . F1

(3) Any royal proclamation shall be valid in law if published as follows:

As respects England, in the London Gazette; and

As respects Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette; and

As respects Ireland, in the [F2 Belfast Gazette]

Any rule purporting to be made in pursuance of this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by (E.W.) Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15), Sch. 5 Pt. II and (S.) District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 20), Sch. 2

F2 Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1923/803 (Rev. XVI, p. 1027: 1923, p. 718), art. 3(1)

F3 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c.12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XII

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2