An Act to enable the Colonial Probates Act, 1892, to be applied to certain Protected States and Mandated Territories.
[22nd December 1927]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
The power of His Majesty to apply the M1Colonial Probates Act, 1892, to British possessions shall include a power to apply the said Act to any territories, being either territories under His Majesty’s protection or territories in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty, to which it cannot be applied by virtue of the provisions of the M2Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 M3and 1913, and the said Act shall accordingly have effect as if references therein to British possessions included references to such territories as aforesaid.
This Act may be cited as the Colonial Probates (Protected States and Mandated Territories) Act, 1927, and the M4Colonial Probates Act, 1892, and this Act may be cited together as the Colonial Probates Acts, 1892 and 1927.