# Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865, Section 4: Colonial law not void for inconsistency with instructions.


No colonial law passed with the occurrence of or assented to by the governor of any colony, or to be hereafter so passed or assented to, shall be or be deemed to have been void or inoperative by reason only of any instructions with reference to such law or the subject thereof which may have been given to such governor by or on behalf of Her Majesty, by any instrument other than the letters patent or instrument authorizing such governor to concur in passing or to assent to laws for the peace, order, and good government of such colony, even though such instructions may be referred to in such letters patent or last-mentioned instrument.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/63/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/colonial-laws-validity-act-1865/section-4
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