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An Act to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Guyana as a republic within the Commonwealth.
[15th May 1970]
(1)All law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act of Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which was in force on 23rd February 1970, or, having been passed or made before that date, comes or has come into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Guyana, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Guyana, as it would have apart from this subsection if Guyana had not become a republic.
(2)This section applies to law of, or of any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Guyana, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends.
(3)This section shall be deemed to have had effect from 23rd February 1970.
This Act may be cited as the Guyana Republic Act 1970.
Guyana Republic Act 1970