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- ↑ "HALSBURY'S STATUTES & STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS". LexisNexis Butterworths. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ John S James and Leslie F Maxwell. A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Second Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1957. Volume 2. Page 152.
