G. THE LAND LAW (IRELAND) ACT, 1881.
H. THE CONGESTED DISTRICTS BOARD.
J. IRISH CANALS AND RAILWAYS.
K. HOME RULE PARLIAMENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
APPENDIX A
THE HOME RULE BILL OF 1912.
A BILL TO
[Sidenote: A.D. 1912.]
AMEND the PROVISION for the Government of Ireland. BE it enacted by the
King'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:--
_Legislative Authority._
[Sidenote: Establishment of Irish Parliament.]
1.--(1) On and after the appointed day there shall be in Ireland an
Irish Parliament consisting of His Majesty the King and two Houses,
namely, the Irish Senate and the Irish House of Commons.
(2) Notwithstanding the establishment of the Irish Parliament or
anything contained in this Act, the supreme power and authority of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom shall remain unaffected and
undiminished over all persons, matters, and things within His Majesty's
dominions.
[Sidenote: Legislative powers of Irish Parliament.]
2. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Irish Parliament shall
have power to make laws for the peace, order, and government of Ireland
with the following limitations, namely, that they shall not have power
to make laws except in respect of matters exclusively relating to
Ireland or some part thereof, and (without prejudice to that general
limitation) that they shall not have power to make laws in respect of
the following matters in particular, or any of them, namely--
(1) The Crown, or the succession to the Crown, or a Regency; or
the Lord Lieutenant except as respects the exercise of his
executive power in relation to Irish services as defined
for the purposes of this Act; or
(2) The making of peace or war or matters arising from a state
of war; or the regulation of the conduct of any portion of
His Majesty's subjects during the existence of hostilities
between Foreign States with which His Majesty is at peace,
in relation to those hostilities; or
(3) The navy, the army, the territorial force, or any other
naval or military force, or the defence of the realm, or any
other naval or military matter; or
(4) Treaties, or any relations, with Foreign States, or
relations with other parts of His Majesty's dominions, or
offences connected with any such treaties or relations, or
procedure connected with the extradition of criminals under
any treaty, or the return of fugitive offenders from or to
any part of His Majesty's dominions; or
(5) Dignities or titles of honour; or
(6) Treason, treason felony, alienage, naturalisation, or aliens
as such; or
(7) Trade with any place out of Ireland (except so far as trade
may be affected by the exercise of the powers of taxation
given to the Irish Parliament, or by the regulation of
importation for the sole purpose of preventing contagious
disease); quarantine; or navigation, including merchant
shipping (except as respects inland waters and local health
or harbour regulations); or
(8) Lighthouses, buoys, or beacons (except so far as they can
consistently with any general Act of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom) be constructed or maintained by a local
harbour authority; or
(9) Coinage; legal tender; or any change in the standard of
weights and measures; or
(10) Trade marks, designs, merchandise marks, copyright, or
patent rights; or
(11) Any of the following matters (in this Act referred to as
reserved matters), namely--
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