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Section 5 Modification and amendment of the 1836 Act

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In the 1836 Act so far as it remains capable of having effect—

(a)

any reference to the borough of Beverley shall have effect as if it were a reference to the extended Beverley area;

(b)

any reference to the limits of the borough of Beverley shall be construed as a reference to the limits of that area;

(c)

in sections 31 and 33, for “Widows Roll” there shall be substituted “Successors Roll”; and

(d)

in section 72, after “Male;” there shall be inserted the words “and the words “widow” and “widowhood” and any other word importing the feminine gender only shall extend and be applied to a male as well as a female”.