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Passed in the Legislative Council this 8th day of August, in the year of our Lord 1916.

A. A. C. FINLAY,

Clerk of the Legislative Council.

PROCLAMATION by the Governor of the Colony of Hong Kong defining the Duration of the Voyages (" Long Voyage" and "Short Voyage") of Chinese Passenger Ships.

[No. 27.]

(L.S.) CLAUD SEVERN,

[December 1, 1916.]

Officer Administering the Government.

By his Excellency Claud Severn, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas by section 3 of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hong Kong by Proclamation for the purposes of the said Act among other things to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese passenger ship;

And whereas by section 2 of "The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915,"† it is enacted that in the said Ordinance the term "long voyage" means any voyage within the meaning of the said Act which is declared by Proclamation by the Governor to be a voyage of more than thirty days' duration, and that the term "short voyage means any voyage within the meaning of the said Act of more than seven days' duration, but not exceeding thirty days' duration, and any other voyage which may be declared by Proclamation by the Governor to be a short voyage;

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And whereas various proclamations have been issued in pursuance of the aforesaid powers, and it is expedient that the said proclamations should be consolidated with amendments and additions, and that the said proclamations should be revoked:

Now, therefore, I, Claud Severn, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, in virtue and exercise of + Vol. CIX, page 568.

Vol. XLV, page 631.

the aforesaid powers, do hereby proclaim and declare that all proclamations heretofore made in pursuance of the aforesaid powers declaring what should be deemed to be the duration of the voyages of Chinese passenger ships are hereby revoked, and that for the purposes of the said Act and the said Ordinance the voyage of any ship from Hong Kong, or from any port in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deemed to be a short voyage of more than seven days' duration, but not exceeding thirty days' duration :

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And that the voyage of any ship from Hong Kong, or from any port in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deemed to be a long voyage of more than thirty days' duration :

Africa.

America, North and South.

Arabia.

Europe.

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Fiji Islands.

Madagascar.

Mauritius.

New Zealand.

Pacific Ocean, all islands in the Pacific not otherwise specified herein, provided that the length of the voyage exceeds 4,500 miles.

Persian Gulf, ports in countries bordering on.

Réunion.

Sandwich Islands.

Seychelles.

West Indies.

Given under my hand and the public seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this 1st day of December, 1916.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

By command.

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LAW of the Government of Jamaica to provide for the Recognition of Notarial Acts, &c., done by British Diplomatic and Consular Officers.

[No. 16.]

I assent,

11th April, 1916.

[April 11, 1916.]

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BE it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of Jamaica, as follows:

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1. This law may be cited as "The Oaths and Notarial Acts Law, 1916."

2. (1.) Every British ambassador, envoy, minister, chargé d'affaires, and secretary of embassy or legation exercising his functions in any foreign country, and every British consulgeneral, consul, vice-consul, acting consul, pro-consul and consular agent, acting consul-general, acting vice-consul and acting consular agent exercising his functions in any foreign place may, in that country or place, administer any oath and take any affidavit, and also do any notarial act which any notary public can do within this Island; and every oath, affidavit, and notarial act administered, sworn, or done by or before any such person shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn, or done by or before any lawful authority in this Island.

(2.) Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any person authorised by this section to administer an oath in testimony of any oath, affidavit, or act being administered, taken, or done by or before him, shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the seal or signature being the seal or signature of that person, or of the official character of that person.

ENACTMENT of the Government of Kedah relative to Extradition.

[No. 2.]

(Translation).

[March 7, 1916 ]

Ox the 2nd day of Jemadilawal in the year 1334 in the reign of His Highness Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halimshah, K.C.M.G., ibni Sultan Ahmad Tajudin Mukarramshah residing at his capital of Kota Star in Kedah Darulaman, His Highness Tunka Ibrahim ibni Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halimshah, K.C.M.G., being Regent; His Highness the Regent agreeing with the State Council of Kedah confirms this enactment and affixes his signature and seal hereto whereby the enactment comes into force from the date hereof.

1.—(i.) This Enactment may be cited as "The Extradition Enactment, 1334."

(ii.) Upon the coming into force of this Enactment the Enactment specified in the first schedule shall be repealed.

2. In this Enactment, unless the context otherwise requires-"Conviction" and "Convicted" do not include or refer to a conviction which under foreign law is a conviction for con tumacy, but "Accused person" includes a person so convicted for contumacy;

"Diplomatic Representative of a foreign country "' includes any person recognized by the President State Council as a Consul-General, Consul or Vice-Consul, or as the Officer administering the Government of any possession, dependency cr protectorate, of that country ;

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"Extradition crime " means a crime which would be punishable by the law of Kedah if committed in Kedah and which would be one of the crimes described in the second schedule; Fugitive criminal" means any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime, committed within the jurisdiction of any foreign country, who is in or suspected of being in or on the way to Kedah and "Fugitive criminal of a foreign country" means a fugitive criminal accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of that country;

"Magistrate" means a Magistrate of the First Class; "Oath" includes affirmation;

"Warrant" in the case of any foreign country includes any judicial document authorizing the arrest of a person accused or convicted of crime.

3.-(i.) The extradition crimes included from time to time in the second schedule shall, except where otherwise specially provided, be construed according to the law in force in Kedah at the date of the alleged crime.

(ii.) The President State Council may from time to time, by notification declare that any crime specified in such notifica. tion and not included in the second schedule shall form part thereof, and from and after the date of the publication of such notification the crime specified therein shall come within the operation of this Enactment as if the same had been originally included in the said schedule; and the President State Council may from time to time, by notification declare that any crime specified in the said schedule or which may have been added to the said schedule as hereinbefore provided shall no longer form part thereof, and from and after the date of the publication of such notification such crime shall cease to come within the operation of this Enactment.

4.-(i.) Where an arrangement has been made between His Britannic Majesty and the Ruler of a foreign country for the mutual surrender of persons accused or convicted of crime and the operation of such arrangement has been, with the consent of the Ruler of Kedah extended so as to apply, so far as local circumstances permit, to the mutual surrender of persons accused or convicted of crime between such foreign country and Kedah, the President State Council may, by Order and notification direct that this Enactment shall apply in the case of that country during the continuance of the arrangement and of the application thereof to Kedah and after such Order and for so long as the same remains unrevoked this Enactment shall, subject to the terms of the arrangement and of the application thereof to Kedah, apply accordingly. No such Order shall remain in force for any longer period than the arrangement or the application thereof to Kedah, and the President State Council may by the same or any subsequent Order limit the application of this Enactment or render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions and qualifications as may be deemed expedient and may at any time by notification revoke any Order published under this

section.

(ii.) The publication of such Order as is in sub-section (i.) referred to shall be conclusive evidence in all Courts of Justice that an arrangement exists between His Britannic Majesty and the Ruler of the foreign country specified in the Order for the mutual surrender of persons accused or convicted of crime and that the operation of such arrangement has been. with the consent of the Ruler of Kedah, extended so as to apply, so far as local circumstances permit, to the mutual surrender of persons accused or convicted of crime between such foreign country and Kedah; and a notification of the terms of any such arrangement as aforesaid between His Britannic Majesty and the Ruler of a foreign country and of the terms of the application of any such arrangement to Kedah, and of the termination of any such arrangement or application, shall

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