Courts (Colonial) Jurisdiction Act 1874

2 Definition of term “colony.” U.K.

For the purposes of this Act,

The term “colony” shall not include any places within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man [F1 The Channel Islands, . . . F2 but shall include] any plantation, territory, or settlement situate elsewhere within Her Majesty’s dominions, and subject to the same local government; and for the purposes of this Act, all plantations, territories, and settlements under a central legislature shall be deemed to be one colony under the same local government.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by S.R. & O. 1937/230 (Rev. X, p. 545: 1937, p. 963), Sch. Pt. II

F2 Words repealed by Burma Independence Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 3), s. 5, Sch. 2 Pt. I and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. VII