Section 4Part 0 —
Powers of Cabinet
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In authorising the republication of any law in revised form the Cabinet may permit —
the omission of —
all parts of such laws as have expired, become spent or had their effect;
any preambles and long titles where such omission can, in the opinion of the Cabinet, be made conveniently;
words of enactment; and
enactments prescribing the date when or the manner in which any law or part of a law is to come into operation;
the consolidation into one law of any two or more laws in pari materia, making the alterations thereby rendered necessary in the consolidated law, and affixing, if necessary, such date as may be convenient;
alteration of the order of sections in any law and, in all cases where it may be necessary to do so, the renumbering of the sections;
alteration of the form or arrangement of any section of any law by transferring words, by combining it in whole or in part with another section or other sections, or by dividing it into two or more subsections;
division of any law, whether consolidated or not, into parts or other divisions and to give each such part or division a suitable heading;
the addition of a short title to any law which may require it and, if necessary, to alter the short title to any law; and to alter and amend the title of any law so as to bring such title into conformity with the consolidated laws appearing under such title;
the shortening and simplification of the phraseology of any enactment;
the correction of grammatical and typographical errors in any laws, and for the purpose to make verbal additions, omissions or alterations not affecting the meaning of such law;
the making of such adaptations of or amendments to any enactments as may appear to be necessary or proper as a consequence of any change in the constitution of any of Her Majesty's dominions;
the making of such formal alterations as to names, localities, offices and otherwise as may be necessary to bring any law into conformity with the circumstances of the Islands;
the addition or alteration of marginal notes to the sections of any law, so, however, that marginal notes shall not be regarded or construed as being part of any law; and
all things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the perfecting of any revised law.