Section 4.
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Textual Amendments
2U.K.In section 2(4) of the M1Import Duties Act 1958, before the words “together with” there shall be inserted the words “the Bahamas”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. 2 para. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Marginal Citations
3U.K.In the M2Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section 4 (attachment and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised in the Bahamas as it applies to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M3Statute of Westminster 1931.
4U.K.In the M4Visiting Forces Act 1952—
(a)in section 1(1)(a) (countries to which the Act applies) at the end there shall be added the words ’’the Bahamas or’’;
(b)in section 10(1)(a), the expression “colony” shall not include the Bahamas;
and, until express provision with respect to the Bahamas is made by an Order in Council under section 8 of that Act (application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces), any such Order for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to visiting forces of the Bahamas.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. 2 para. 4(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
5In section 427(2) of the M5Merchant Shipping Act 1894, as set out in section 2 of the M6Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949, before the words “or in any” there shall be inserted the words “or the Bahamas”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of Sch. 2 para. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Marginal Citations
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Textual Amendments
7U.K.In the M7Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in the Bahamas.
Marginal Citations
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Textual Amendments
9Section 20 of the M8Colonial Stock Act 1877 (which relates to the jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom as to colonial stock) shall, in its application to stock of the Bahamas, have effect as if for the second paragraph there were substituted—
“(2)Any person claiming to be interested in colonial stock to which this Act applies, or in any dividend thereon, may institute civil proceedings in the United Kingdom against the registrar in relation to that stock or dividend.
(3)Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, the registrar shall not by virtue of an order made by any court in the United Kingdom in any such proceedings as are referred to in this section be liable to make any payment otherwise than out of moneys in his possession in the United Kingdom as registrar.”
Marginal Citations
10In section 8(2) of the M9Imperial Institute Act 1925, as amended by the M10Commonwealth Institute Act 1958, (power to vary the provisions of the said Act of 1925 if an agreement for the purpose is made with the governments of certain territories which for the time being are contributing towards the expenses of the Commonwealth Institute) at the end there shall be added the words “and the Bahamas”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of Sch. 2 para. 10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted; it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991
Marginal Citations
M91925 ch. xvii