SCHEDULES

SECOND SCHEDULEAmendments not affecting law of Ghana

Section 4.

Diplomatic immunities

1

In section four hundred and sixty-one of the Income Tax Act, 1952 (which relates to exemption from income tax in the case of certain Commonwealth representatives and their staffs) for the words " or Ceylon " in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words " Ceylon or Ghana ".

2

In subsection (6) of section one of the Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1952, after the word " Ceylon " there shall be inserted the word " Ghana " ; and the proviso to subsection (1) of that section shall not apply in relation to Ghana until a law of the Parliament of Ghana making provision for citizenship of Ghana has come into force.

Financial

3

As respects goods imported after such date as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint, section four of the Import Duties Act, 1932, and section two of the Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1932 (which relate to imperial preference other than colonial preference) shall apply to Ghana.

4

In the Colonial Stock Act, 1934 (which extends the stocks which may be treated as trustee securities), the expression " Dominion " shall include Ghana; and, during any period falling on or after the appointed day during which there is in force as part of the law of Ghana any instrument passed or made before that day which makes provision corresponding to the undertaking required to be given by the Government of a Dominion under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one of that Act, paragraphs (a) and (b) of the said subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been complied with in the case of Ghana.

Visiting forces

5

In the Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933, section four (which deals with attachment and mutual powers of command) and the definition of " visiting force " for the purposes of that Act which is contained in section eight thereof shall apply in relation to forces raised in Ghana as they apply in relation to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the Statute of Westminster, 1931.

6

In the Visiting Forces Act, 1952—

a

in subsection (1) of section one (which specifies the countries to which that Act applies) for the words " or Ceylon " there shall be substituted the words " Ceylon or Ghana ";

b

in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section ten the expression " colony " shall not include Ghana or any part thereof;

and, until express provision with respect to Ghana is made by an Order in Council under section eight of that Act (which relates to the 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 Ghana.

Ships and aircraft

7

In subsection (2) of section four hundred and twenty-seven of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as substituted by section two of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1949, for the words " or Ceylon " there shall be substituted the words " Ceylon or Ghana ".

8

In the proviso to subsection (2) of section six of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1948, for the words " or Ceylon " there shall be substituted the words " Ceylon or Ghana ".

9

In the definitions of " Dominion ship or aircraft" contained in subsection (2) of section three of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, and in Regulation one hundred of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, the expression " a Dominion " shall include Ghana.

10

The Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act, 1939, shall not apply to any ship by reason only of its being registered in, or licensed under the law of, Ghana; and the penal provisions of that Act shall not apply to persons in Ghana (but without prejudice to the operation with respect to any ship to which that Act does apply of the provisions thereof relating to the forfeiture of ships).

11

In the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1934, the expression " British ship to which this Act applies " shall not include a British ship registered in Ghana.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title

Session and Chapter

Colonial Laws Validity Act, 1865

28 & 29 Vict. c. 63.

Naval Discipline Act. 1866

29 & 30 Vict. 109.

Interpretation Act, 1889

52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.

Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890

53 & 54 Vict. c. 27.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.

Copyright Act, 1911

1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 46.

import Duties Act, 1932

22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 8.

Isle of Man (Customs) Act, 1932

22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 16.

Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act, 1933

23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 6.

Colonial Stock Act. 1934

24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 47.

Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1934

24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 49.

Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939

2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 62.

Ships and Aircraft (Transfer Restriction) Act, 1939

2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 70.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1948

11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 44.

British Nationality Act, 1948

11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56.

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1949

12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 43.

Income Tax Act, 1952

15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 10.

Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1952.

15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 18.

Visiting Forces Act, 1952

15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 67.

Army Act, 1955

3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18.

Air Force Act, 1955

3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 19.

Revision of the Army and Air Force Acts (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1955

3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 20.

Copyright Act, 1956

4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 74.