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An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by The Gambia of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth.
[17th December 1964]
(1)On and after 18th February, 1965 (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”) all those territories which immediately before the appointed day are comprised either in the Colony of the Gambia or in the Protectorate of the Gambia shall together form part of Her Majesty’s dominions under the name of The Gambia; and on and after that day Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of those territories.
(2)No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to The Gambia as part of its law; and on and after that day the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of The Gambia.
(3)Subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the operation in The Gambia or any part thereof of any enactment, or any other instrument having the effect of law, passed or made before the appointed day.
F1Ss. 2, 3 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(8), Sch. 9
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
(2)On and after the appointed day—
(a)the expression “colony” in the M1Army Act 1955, the M2Air Force Act 1955 and the M3Naval Discipline Act 1957 shall not include The Gambia or any part thereof; and
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(3)No Order in Council made on or after the appointed day under section 1 of the M4Army and Air Force Act 1961 shall operate to continue either of the said Acts of 1955 in force as part of the law of The Gambia.
(4)On and after the appointed day the provisions specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . F3
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(6) . . . F3, Schedule 2 to this Act and . . . F3 subsection (4) of this section shall not extend to The Gambia as part of its law.
F1S. 4(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3
F2S. 4(2)(b) amends Army Act 1955 (c. 18, SIF 7:1), s. 225(1), Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19, SIF 7:1), s. 223(1) and Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53, SIF 7:1), s. 135(1)
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
F4S. 4(5) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
M11955 c. 18(7:1).
M21955 c. 19(7:1).
M31957 c. 53(7:1).
M41961 c. 52(7:1).
F1S. 5 repealed by Republic of the Gambia Act 1970 (c. 37, SIF 26:14), s. 2(1)
(1)In this Act “the existing Constitution Order” means the M1Gambia (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 as amended by the M2Gambia (Constitution) (Amendment) Order in Council 1963 and by the M3Gambia (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1964 and by any further Order in Council made before the appointed day.
(2)References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.
This Act may be cited as the Gambia Independence Act 1964.
Gambia Independence Act 1964