{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-settlements-act-1887/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/50-51/54",
  "legislation_title": "British Settlements Act 1887",
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  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Power to the Queen in Council to confer jurisdiction on certain courts.",
  "text": "It shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen in Council to confer on any court in any British possession any such jurisdiction, civil or criminal, original or appellate, in respect of matters occurring or arising in any British settlement as might be conferred by virtue of this Act upon a court in the settlement, and to make such provisions and regulations as Her Majesty in Council may think fit respecting the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred under this section on any court, and respecting the enforcement and execution of the judgments, decrees, orders, and sentences of such court, and respecting appeals therefrom; and every Order of Her Majesty in Council under this section shall be effectual to vest in the court the jurisdiction expressed to be thereby conferred, and the court shall exercise the same in accordance with and subject to the said provisions and regulations: Provided always, that every Order in Council made in pursuance of this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as conveniently may be after the making thereof.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/54/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:29.397005+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}