IVMeaning of " Public Department ".
The Expression " Public Department " shall include the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the War Department, the Post Office, the Board of Inland Revenue, the Board of Customs, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests, the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings, the Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council appointed for the Consideration of Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, and all the like Public Departments, Bodies, or Boards, and all and every Officer and Officers, Person and Persons, acting on the Behalf or in the Interest of or entitled at the Date of the passing of this Act to sue on the Behalf or in the Interest of any such Public Department.