Official Gazette The Bahamas

Official Gazette The Bahamas is the government gazette of The Bahamas. The Gazette is published in Nassau by the Cabinet Office under the provisions of Section 4 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act. Wherever the word "Gazette" is used in Bahamian law, it refers to the Official Gazette of The Bahamas, or any Supplement or Extraordinary Gazette issued. The official gazette is published weekly but the other gazettes are issued as required. In law the word "Gazette" includes "any newspaper published and in general circulation in The Bahamas and designated as the Gazette by Order of the Governor General".[1]

See also: List of newspapers in the Bahamas and List of British colonial gazettes

History

The Official Gazette of the Bahamas was published by John Well in 1783. John Well was a loyalist, who brought the printing press to the Bahamas.

References
  1. "The Official Gazette of the Bahamas] Cabinet Office, Government of the Bahamas" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link).


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