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His Majesty, or any Governor by His Authority, may appoint Justices of the Peace by Special Commission to give effect to this Act.
Such Justices may also be included in the General Commission of the Peace.
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XIV. And for ensuring the effectual Superintendence of the said apprenticed Labourers, and the Execution of this Act, be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty to issue, or to authorize the Governor of any such Colony as aforesaid, in the Name and on the Behalf of His Majesty, to issue under the Public Seal of any such Colony, One or more Special Commission or Commissions to any One or more Person or Persons, constituting him or them a Justice or Justices of the Peace for the whole of any such Colony, or for any Parish, Precinct, Quarter, or other District within the same, for the special Purpose of giving effect to this present Act, and to any Laws which may, in manner herein-after mentioned, be made for giving more complete Effect to the same; and every Person to or in favour of whom any such Commission may be issued shall by force and virtue thereof, and without any other Qualification, be entitled and competent to act as a Justice of the Peace within the Limits prescribed by such his Commission for such special Purposes aforesaid, but for no other Purposes: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent any Person commissioned as a Justice of the Peace for such special Purpose as aforesaid from being included in the General Commission of the Peace for any such Colony, or for any Parish, Precinct, Quarter, or other District thereof, in case it shall seem fit to His Majesty, or to the Governor of any such Colony acting by His Majesty’s Authority, to address both such Special Commission and such General Commission as aforesaid in any Case to the same Person or Persons.
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