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 1897.] (Received the assent of the Governor General on the 4th March, 1897.)

An Act to amend the Indian Emigration Act, 1883.

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Indian Emigration Act, 1883 ; It is hereby enacted as follows:—

This Act may be called the Indian Emigration Act Amendment Act, 1897; and

It shall come into force at once.

2. In section 102 of the Indian Emigration Act, 1883, as amended by Act No. XVIII of 1890, section of section 7, for the words British colony or possession", wherever they occur, the word "country ", and for the words "State, colony or possession", wherever they occur, the words "State or country", shall be substituted.