Supreme Court, and the order were a formal process issued by that Court in the due exercise of its jurisdiction, and shall be enforceable by that Court accordingly, and disobedience to any such order shall be punishable as contempt of Court.

5. Sections IV, V and VI of Part X of the Treaty relating to property, rights and interests, to contracts, prescriptions and judgments, and to the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal, and all provisions of the said Treaty affecting or relating to the charge created by this Order shall have full force and effect as law.

6. The time at which the periods of prescription or limitation of right of action referred to in Article 252 of the Treaty shall begin again to run shall be at the expiration of ten months after the coming into force of the Treaty, and the period to be allowed within which presentation of negotiable instruments for acceptance or payment, and notice of non-acceptance or non-payment or protest may be made under Article 253, shall be ten months from the coming into force of the Treaty.

7. Rules made during the war by any recognised exchange or commercial association providing for the closure of contracts entered into before the war by an enemy, and any action taken thereunder are hereby confirmed, subject to the provisos contained in paragraph 4 (a) of the Annex to Section V of Part X of the Treaty.

8. The power under "The Egypt Order in Council, 1915,"* to make King's Regulations, shall extend to the issue of regulations for the purpose of enforcing the charge created by this Order, and for making such arrangements as may be required for establishing and assessing the claims. and debts for the payment of which the property charged is rendered liable, and for the payment, in whole or in part, of the sums due.

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9. In this Order the term British nationals resident or carrying on business in Egypt" means persons who are subject to The Egypt Order in Council, 1915," and who are so resident or carrying on business.

10. Egyptian nationals resident or carrying on business in Egypt shall share in the benefit of the charge created by this Order on the same terms as British nationals resident or carrying on business in Egypt, provided that during the war such Egyptian nationals were treated by the former Austro-Hungarian Government as enemies, and that their property was subjected by the former Austro-Hungarian Government to exceptional war measures.

11. The expression nationals of the former Austrian

* Vol. CIX, page 209.

Empire" does not include persons who, within six months of the coming into force of the Treaty, show that they have acquired, ipso facto in accordance with its provisions, nationality of an Allied or Associated Power, including those who, under Articles 72 and 76 of the Treaty, obtained such nationality with the consent of the competent authorities, or who, under Articles 74 or 77 thereof, acquired such nationality by virtue of previous rights of citizenship.

12.The Treaty of Peace (Austria) Order, 1920,"* shall not apply to Egypt, except so far as may be consistent with the provisions of this Order or of any Proclamation issued by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the British forces in Egypt, or with any rules or directions given thereunder.

13. This Order may be cited as "The Egypt (Treaty of Peace, Austria) Order in Council, 1920," and shall be read as one with "The Egypt Order in Council, 1915."

14. This Order shall be deemed to have had effect as from the date when the Treaty of Peace came into force. † ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of "The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," to the Territory of Western Samoa.-London, October 13, 1920.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of
October, 1920.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord Steward.

Lord D'Abernon.

Lord Southborough.

WHEREAS by Section 36 of

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

Sir Robert Horne.

Mr. Bridgeman.

The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," it is enacted that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the said Act shall apply as if, subject to the conditions, exceptions and qualifications (if any) contained in the Order, any place out of His Majesty's Dominions in which His Majesty has jurisdiction and which is named in the Order, were a British Possession, and to provide for carrying into effect such application;

* Page 155.

+ Came into force July 16, 1920.
"London Gazette," October 19, 1920.
§ Vol. LXXII, page 622.

And whereas the Territory of Western Samoa is a place out of His Majesty's Dominions in which His Majesty has jurisdiction;

And whereas it is expedient to extend to that Territory the provisions of The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881":

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in the exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Fugitive Offenders. Act, 1881," The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as The Western Samoa (Fugitive Offenders) Örder in Council, 1920.”

2. The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881," shall apply to the said Territory of Western Samoa as if that Territory were a British Possession, subject to the provisions following.

3. In the application of the said Act to the said Territory

(a.) Every reference in the Act to the Governor of a British Possession shall be read as a reference to the Administrator or other chief executive officer of the said Territory.

(b.) Every reference in the Act to a Magistrate shall be read as a reference to a Judge or other judicial officer possessing criminal jurisdiction within the said Territory an·l every such Judge or other officer may exercise accordingly the jurisdiction conferred by the Act upon a Magistrate.

4. So much of the Fifth Section of the said Act as relates to the information to be given by the Magistrate to a fugitive shall have no application within the said Territory, and in lieu of such information the person acting as the Magistrate shall inform the fugitive that in any British Possession to which he may be conveyed he has the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus or other like process.

5. So much of the Sixth Section of the said Act as requires the expiration of fifteen days before the issue of a warrant shall have no application within the said Territory.

6. For the purpose of Part II of the said Act the said Territory of Western Samoa and the Dominion of New Zealand shall be deemed to be one group of British Possessions.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 1 of The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915" to New Zealand.-London, October 13, 1920.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of October, 1920.

PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Section 1 of The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," it is (amongst other things) enacted as follows:

Where His Majesty is satisfied that the law in force in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom makes due provision for the publication of banns or for the giving of notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom, and for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued by Superintendent Registrars in England and of certificates for marfiage issued by Registrars, and certificates of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars in Ireland as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, His Majesty may by Order in Council declare that this section shall apply to that part of his Dominions, and in such case:

"(a.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in England, Scotland or Ireland and a British subject resident in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, a certificate of the publication of banns or a certificate of notice of marriage issued in accordance with such law shall in England have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Superintendent Registrar, and in Scotland and Ireland have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Registrar in Scotland and Ireland respectively; and

“(b.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were + Vol. CIX, page 4.

"London Gazette," October 22, 1920.

resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be";

And whereas by Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act, 1916,'* it is enacted as follows:

"If His Majesty is satisfied that, for the purposes of a marriage to be solemnised or contracted in any part of his Dominions outside the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, no notice of the marriage is, under the law in force in that part of his Dominions, required on the part of the person resident in England. Scotland, or Ireland, His Majesty may by Order in Council declare that Section 1 of The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915,' shall apply to that part of his Dominions, notwithstanding that the law in force in that part does not make provision for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of certificates of proclamation of banns issued in Scotland, as sufficient notice in respect of such marriages as aforesaid, provided that the other conditions required by that section are fulfilled";

And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that, for the purposes of a marriage to be solemnised or contracted in the part of his Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned between a British subject resident therein and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, no notice of the marriage is under the law in force in that part of his Dominions required on the part of the person resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and that under the said law the other conditions required by the hereinbefore recited Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," are fulfilled:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Acts in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shall apply to the part of His Majesty's Dominions, outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned :

New Zealand.

And the Right Honourable Viscount Milner, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

* Vol. CX, page 51.