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ANNO DECIMO OCTAVO & DECIMO NONO
VICTORLE REGINzE.
CAP. XLII.
An Act to enable British Diplomatic and Consular
Agents Abroad to administer Oaths and do
Notarial Acts. [2(1 1855.]
WHEREAS by an Act of the Sixth Year of King George 6G.4. c. 87.
the Fourth, Chapter Eightj-seven, Powers are given to
British Consuls General and Consuls to administer Oaths
and do Notarial Acts in the Foreign Places to which they are appointed;
and it is expedient that the like Powers should be given to
Ambassadors and other Diplomatic Agents and to Vice-Consuls and
Consular Agents Abroad: Be it enacted by the Queen's most
Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent o? the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows :
I. From and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be Oaths may be
la\vful for every British Ambassador, Envoy, Minister, Charge
d'Affaires, or Secretary of Embassy or of Legation exercising his sadors and
Functions in any Foreigti Country, and for every British Vice-
Consul, Acting Consul, Pro-Consul, or Consular Agent (as well as Abroad,
every Consul General or Consul) exercising his Functions in any
Foreign Place, whenever he shall be thereto required, and whenever
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