MAINTENANCE ORDERS (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1920.

HC Deb 01 May 1923 vol 163 cc1182-3

88. Mr. BRIANT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in which of His Majesty's Dominions have reciprocal provisions been made for the enforcement of separation orders under The Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Act, 1920?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Ormsby-Gore)

With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement Act), 1920, has been extended by Order in Council to the following Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates as the result of reciprocal legislation on their part:

• Ashanti.
• Australia—Northern Territory.
• Barbados.
• Basutoland.
• Bechuanaland Protectorate.
• Bermuda.
• British Guiana.
• British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
• Ceylon.
• Cyprus.
• Falkland Islands.
• Fiji.
• Gambia.
• Gibraltar.
• Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
• Gold Coast.
• Gold Coast—Northern Territories.
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• Grenada.
• Hong Kong.
• Kenya.
• Leeward Islands.
• Malta.
• Mauritius.
• New Zealand.
• Nigeria.
• Northern Rhodesia.
• Nyasaland Protectorate.
• Queensland.
• Saint Lucia.
• Saint Vincent.
• Seychelles.
• Sierra Leone.
• Somaliland Protectorate.
• South Australia.
• Southern Rhodesia.
• Straits Settlements.
• Swaziland.
• Tasmania.
• Trinidad and Tobago.
• Uganda Protectorate.
• Western Australia.
• Zanzibar Protectorate.