25Governor in Council may divide territory into counties etc.

25 Governor in Council may divide territory into counties etc. (1) The Governor in Council may subdivide any county into parishes and townships and by proclamation published in the Government Gazette may define the boundaries of such parishes and townships and distinguish each by a name. (2) After such proclamation the territory comprised within the boundaries of any of the said subdivisions shall thenceforward be recognized as a parish or township by the name so given as aforesaid. (3) The Governor in Council may— S. 25(3)(a) amended by Nos 7360 s. 5, 8181 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 99). (a) alter by proclamation as aforesaid the name of any county parish or township within the State of Victoria or substitute by proclamation as aforesaid the designation "township" for the designation "town" or "village" in respect of any territory proclaimed as a town or village pursuant to any repealed Act relating to the sale and occupation of Crown lands; (b) diminish or extend by proclamation as aforesaid the area of any county or parish or alter the boundaries or name thereof and add the territory taken away from one county to any adjacent county or the territory taken away from one parish to any adjacent parish and divide any county into two or more counties or any parish into two or more parishes and give to each a distinguishing name; S. 25(3)(c) amended by No. 6505 s. 2. (c) proclaim from time to time by a notice published in the Government Gazette any portion or portions of Crown lands as a street or road or as a township; (d) annul and rescind from time to time by a notice published in the Government Gazette any proclamation made under this or any repealed Act of any portion or portions of Crown lands as townships or villages or diminish or extend from time to time by a notice published in the Government Gazette the area of any town or township the subject of any such previous proclamation. (4) The lands upon which such street or road has been proclaimed shall be and be deemed to be thenceforth dedicated to the public. S. 25(5) inserted by No. 96/1994 s. 5. (5) A document describing Crown land as a road is evidence, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that the land is a road within the meaning of this Act. S. 25(6) inserted by No. 96/1994 s. 5. (6) Subsection (5) applies to— S. 25(6)(a) amended by No. 51/2016 s. 19. (a) a map or plan in the Central Plan Office showing or delineating land as a road; or (b) a copy of the Government Gazette containing a proclamation of land as a road; or (c) a copy of the Government Gazette containing an instrument reserving or purporting to reserve land as a road. No. 3709 s. 26.