Whereas by an Ordinance of the late Legislative Council of New Zealand Sess. III No. 7 it is enacted that it shall be lawful for any person who shall have been taken in execution under process of the Supreme Court for any debt or sum of money and who shall have remained in prison for two calendar months or upwards to apply by Petition to a Judge of the Supreme Court for discharge from custody according to the provisions of the said Ordinance And it was also enacted that every prisoner who should have filed such Petition as aforesaid 28 days at least before any day appointed for the hearing of applications for relief under the said Ordinance should be brought up on such day accordingly And whereas it is expedient that such Ordinance should be amended;