Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Musgrave, Anthony to Wodehouse, John 20 April 1871, CO 60:43, no. 5087, 465.
Abstract
Musgrave, Anthony to Wodehouse, John 20 April 1871, CO 60:43, no. 5087, 465.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2).
No. 48
20th April 1871
My Lord,
I have had the honor to receive Your Lordship's Circular
Despatch of the 20th February on the subject of the Penal Code
now in preparation for the Colony of Jamaica,with
with the intention
that it should be subsequently adapted to the circumstances of
each of the other Crown Colonies respectively, and of such other
Colonies not being Crown Colonies as may desire to avail
themselves of it, and that it should be submitted to their
respective Legislatures forconsideration
consideration with a view to its
enactment.
with the intention
that it should be subsequently adapted to the circumstances of
each of the other Crown Colonies respectively, and of such other
Colonies not being Crown Colonies as may desire to avail
themselves of it, and that it should be submitted to their
respective Legislatures forconsideration
consideration with a view to its
enactment.
2. As British Columbia is now about to be united to the
Dominion of Canada, and by the operation of the 91st section of
the British North American Act 1867 the Criminal Law, including
the procedure in Criminalmatters
matters, is among the subjects
reserved to the exclusive authority of the Parliament of Canada,
it appears to me that the expediency of adopting the proposed
Code and providing for the cost of preparation, is not a
question that fallswithin
within the province of the local
Legislature.
matters, is among the subjects
reserved to the exclusive authority of the Parliament of Canada,
it appears to me that the expediency of adopting the proposed
Code and providing for the cost of preparation, is not a
question that fallswithin
within the province of the local
Legislature.
