Paragraph 6

The Commissioner shall not, without having previously obtained instructions through a Secretary of State, enact any Ordinance within any of the following classes, unless such Ordinance contains a clause suspending the operation thereof until the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, that is to say–

(a)

any Ordinance for the divorce of married persons;

(b)

any Ordinance whereby any grant of land or money or other donation or gratuity may be made to himself;

(c)

any Ordinance affecting the currency of the Territory or relating to the issue of bank notes;

(d)

any Ordinance establishing any banking association or altering the constitution, rights or duties of any such association;

(e)

any Ordinance imposing differential duties;

(f)

any Ordinance the provisions of which appear to him to be inconsistent with obligations imposed upon the United Kingdom by treaty;

(g)

any Ordinance affecting the discipline or control of Her Majesty’s forces by land, sea or air;

(h)

any Ordinance of an extraordinary nature and importance whereby Her Majesty’s prerogative, or the rights or property of Her subjects not residing in the Territory, or the trade, transport or communications of any other territory under Her Majesty’s sovereignty may be prejudiced;

(i)

any Ordinance whereby persons of any community or religion may be subjected or made liable to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of other communities or religions are not also made liable, or become entitled to any privilege or advantage which is not conferred on persons of other communities or religions; and

(j)

any Ordinance containing provisions which have been disallowed:

Provided that the Commissioner may, without such instructions as aforesaid and although the Ordinance contains no such clause as aforesaid, enact any such Ordinance (except an Ordinance the provisions of which appear to him to be inconsistent with obligations imposed upon the United Kingdom by treaty) if he has satisfied himself that an urgent necessity exists requiring that the Ordinance be brought into immediate operation; but in any such case he shall forthwith transmit a copy of the Ordinance to a Secretary of State together with his reasons for so enacting the same.