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32 & 33 Vict. chap. 2.
An Act for repealing the Act of the session of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and twenty-two
[19th April 1869.]
| 8&9 Vic., c.122. | WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and twenty-two, and intituled "An Act to amend an Act, intituled 'An Act to carry into execution a convention between His Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil for the regulation and final abolition of the African Slave Trade,'" provision is made for carrying into execution in manner therein mentioned a certain convention between His late Majesty King George the Fourth and the Emperor of Brazil for the regulation and final abolition of the African slave trade: And whereas the circumstances which led to the passing of the said Act no longer exist by reason of the cessation of the importation of slaves into Brazil from Africa: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: |
| Recited Act repealed. | 1. The said Act of the session of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and twenty-two, is hereby repealed; provided that such repeal stall not affect any operation already effected by, or declaration of validity or of indemnity contained in, the said Act, or any right, title, obligation, or liability already acquired or accrued, or act done, under or by virtue of the said Act. |
| Short title. | 2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Brazilian Slave Trade Repeal Act, 1869." |
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