The Trinidad & Tobago (Constitution) Order in Council, 1961

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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of June, 1961
Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas, having regard to the constitutional discussions held in London
in November, 1959, and in Trinidad in June, 1960, it is expedient that a
new constitution should be established for Trinidad and Tobago:
And Whereas, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Trinidad
and Tobago, as signified by their representatives assembled in the
Legislative Council on the ninth day of September, 1959, there is hereby
recorded their belief that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the
equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the
foundation of freedom, justice and peace, their faith in fundamental human
rights and the dignity and worth of the individual, and their conviction
that human rights should be protected by rule of law:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers
vested in Her by the Trinidad and Tobago Act, 1887(a), and all other
powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of
Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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