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COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL
XIV.—LEGISLATION.
Twenty-five Ordinances were enacted between the inception
of the Colony on the ist April, 1937, and the close of the year.
The most important of these were the following: —
General Clauses Acts {Adaptation). This Ordinance provided the
necessary new terminology, etc., for carrying on the Indian and Bombay
Acts in force before the birth of the Colony.
Interpretation and General Clauses. On the usual Colonial model.
Criminal Courts Ordinance, modelled on the Indian Criminal Procedure
Code, with provision for jury trials in the Supreme Court, with appeals
to the High Court of Bombay under the Aden Colony Order, 1936.
Income Tax, following closely the repealed Indian Income Tax Acts.
Civil Courts Ordinance, adapting, with little change, the Indian Code
of Civil Procedure for the continuance of the Supreme Court, Registrar’s
and Small Causes Courts.
Stamp Ordinance, following closely the Indian Stamp Act.
Limitation, following the Indian Limitation Act.
Court Fees, continuing the former fees as varied under Bombay.
Guardians and Wards, following the Indian Guardian and Wards Act,
but with larger discretion to the Judge in the interests of the minor.
Pensions, on the usual Colonial Model.
Police, adapting the Bombay Police Law.
Prisons, closely following the repealed Indian Acts.
Excise, a short and simple adaptation of the Bombay Abkari Act.
Aden being a free port, liquor is one of the few excisable articles.
Dangerous Drugs and Poisons, a short law in Colonial form superseding
the Indian Acts and Opium Act.
Subsidiary Legislation during 1937.
Civil Courts Rules, containing the less important provisions of the
Indian Civil Procedure Code.
Excise Rules, replacing all the rules under the repealed Bombay
Akbari Act.
Dangerous Drugs and Poisons Rules, replacing the Dangerous Drugs,
Poisons and Bombay Opium Rules.
The Indian Workmen's Compensation and Factories Acts are
still in force in the Colony.
There is no legislative provision for health insurance, old age
pensions, etc., in the Colony.
XV.—BANKING, CURRENCY, AND WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES.
Banking.
The National Bank of India Limited is established in the
Colony with its chief office in the Crater and a branch at
Steamer Point. The commercial firm of Messrs. Cowasjee
Dinshaw and Brothers also carries on the business of banking.