Alexander Wood Renton, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 22… (1911)
“ The Crown has power to legislate by proclamation for a newly conquered country (Jenkyns, British Rule and Jurisdiction beyond the Seas) ; and this power was freely exercised in the Transvaal Colony during the Boer War of 1899–1902. In the British colonies, ordinances are frequently brought into force by proclamation ”
