JUDICIARY (DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION).

No. 2 of 1942.

An Act to enable a Justice of the High Court to accept and hold a certain Office.

[Assented to 8th May, 1942.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Judiciary (Diplomatic Representation) Act 1942.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Authority to accept and hold certain office.

3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Judiciary Act 1903-1940, if His Majesty shall see fit to appoint the Honourable Owen Dixon to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Commonwealth of Australia in the United States of America, he may accept that appointment and hold the same as well as the office of a Justice of the High Court of Australia and his service as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Commonwealth of Australia in the United States of America shall for all purposes count as service in the office of a Justice.