Acts to be read as if locally enacted

(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application of the said laws, it shall be lawful for the presiding judge to construe any such Imperial Statute with such verbal alteration not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render the same applicable to the matter before the court. (3) Every judge or officer of the Supreme Court having or exercising functions of the like kind, or functions analogous to those of any judge or officer referred to in such Statute, shall be deemed to be within the meaning of the enactments thereof relating to such last mentioned judge or officer. (4) Whenever the Great Seal or any other seal is mentioned in any Statute, it shall be read as if the seal of the Supreme Court were substituted therefor. 5. In the construction of all Acts extended to Belize under this Act and for the purpose of their local operation and so far as may be necessary for their enforcement, (a) they shall be read as if they had been made and passed in Belize; (b) all offences and causes of action cognisable in any county in England may be tried in the courts of Belize; and (c) all references therein to absence in places beyond the seas shall be construed as references to absence in places beyond the limits of Belize.