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under that Order or any Order made under the principal Act with a registration officer shall be deemed to be duly registered under this Order at the date hereof, and an identity book issued under any such Order shall, until called in by a registration officer, be for the purposes of this Order equivalent to a registration certificate.*

(3.) This Order shall come into force on the 12th day of April, 1920.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Particulars to be furnished on Registration.

1. Name in full, and sex.

2. Present nationality and how and when acquired and previous nationality (if any).

3. Date and country of birth.

4. Profession or occupation.

5. Date, place and mode of arrival in United Kingdom.

6. Address of residence in United Kingdom.

7. Address of last residence outside the United Kingdom.

8. Photograph (which, if not furnished by the alien, may be taken by the registration officer).

9. Government services, name of country served, nature and duration of service, and rank or appointments held.

10. Particulars of passport or other document establishing nationality and identity.

11. Signature (which, if required, shall be in the characters of the language of the alien's nationality) and finger prints if required.

12. Any other matters of which particulars are required by the registration officer.

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See further paragraph added by the Order in Council of December 3, 1920, page 220.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Opences in respect of which a Court may recommend a Deportation Order.

Any offence for which the Court has power to impose imprisonment without the option of a fine.

Any offence under Section 44 or paragraph (11) of Section 54 of The Metropolitan Police Act, 1839.”

Any offence under Section 28 of "The Towns Clauses Act, 1847," as a common prostitute or night walker, importuning passengers for the purposes of prostitution, and any similar offence under any Act, byelaw. or regulation.

Any offence as a prostitute under Section 72 of "The Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854."

Any offence under paragraph (22) or (23) of Section 381 of The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892."

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending "The Egypt (Treaty of Peace) Order in Council, 1920."-London, March 25,

1920.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of

March, 1920.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord Steward.

Mr. Secretary Shortt.

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.
Sir Robert Horne.

WHEREAS on the 22nd day of January, 1920, an Order in Council entitled "The Egypt (Treaty of Peace) Order in Council, 1920," was issued by His Majesty for the purpose of charging certain property in Egypt of German nationals with the payment of liabilities for which such property is constituted a pledge under the Treaty of Peace with Germany signed at Versailles on the 28th June, 1919;‡

And whereas it is necessary to amend the said Order and to include among the liabilities for which the said property is charged the claims of, or debts owing to, certain Egyptian nationals:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," and by "The Treaty of Peace Act, 1919,"§ or otherwise in him vested, is pleased, by and with the advice. of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

"London Gazette," March 26, 1920.
Vol. CXII, page 1.

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§ Vol. CXII, page 600.

1. Egyptian nationals resident or carrying on business in Egypt shall share in the benefit of the charge created by the Order in Council aforementioned 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 German Government as enemies and that their property was subjected by the German Government to exceptional war measures.

2. This Order may be cited as "The Egypt (Treaty of Peace) Amendment Order in Council, 1920, and shall be deemed to have had effect as from the date when the Treaty of Peace came into force.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by the Canadian Government of the Franco-Canadian Commercial Conventions, signed at Paris, September 19, 1907, and January 23, 1909.-London, April 26, 1920.*

Foreign Office, April 26, 1920.

NOTICE of denunciation of the Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and Canada, signed at Paris, the 19th September, 1907, and the Supplementary Convention, also signed at Paris, the 23rd January, 1909,‡ was given by the French Government on the 10th September, 1918, and was published in the "London Gazette of the 15th October, 1918. § Since the expiration of the period of denunciation the Conventions have remained in operation subject to three months' notice on either side.

The Canadian Government having decided to terminate the two Conventions, notice to that effect was given to the French Government by His Majesty's Ambassador at Paris on the 19th March last.

In accordance with this notice, the two Conventions will cease to have effect on the 19th June next.

* "London Gazette," April 27, 1920.
Vol. CII, page 81.

+ Vol. CI, page 764.
§ Vol. CXI, page 197.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending the Tables of Fees fixed by "The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906," "The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906." (Fees for Passport and Visa of Passport.)-London, April 26, 1920.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of April, 1920.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," His Majesty the King is authorised, by Order in Council, to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a Consular Officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees, and to create new fees;

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And whereas it is expedient that the tables of fees, as now fixed by The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906," "The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," should in certain respects be amended:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the before-mentioned Act, His Majesty 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 Consular Fees (Amendment) Order in Council, 1920."

2. The following fees are hereby established, and shall be deemed to be substituted for Fees Nos. 74 and 75 in Part II of the Table of Fees annexed respectively to "The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906, The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906":

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74. Passport, seven shillings and sixpence (78. 6d.). 75. Visa of a passport valid for a single journey, ten shillings (10s.).

"Ditto, valid for more than a single journey, one pound (17.)."

3. In all copies of the Orders in Council referred to in the preceding articles which may be printed after the commencement of this Order, the fees directed by this Order to be varied in the tables of fees annexed to the said Orders shall be thus varied.

"London Gazette," April 27, 1920. t Vol. XCIX, page 522. [cxIII]

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+ Vol. XCIX, page 514.

§ Vol. XCIX, page 531.

And the Right Honourable George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., &c., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL under "The Copyright Act, 1911," amending the Order in Council of June 24, 1912, regulating Copyright Relations with the Foreign Countries of the Berne Copyright Union as regards Poland.-London, April 26, 1920.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of
April, 1920.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord Chamberlain.

Lord Colebrooke.

Mr. Secretary Shortt.

Mr. J. I. Macpherson.
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt.
Mr. C. A. McCurdy.

Mr. T. B. Morison.

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WHEREAS His Majesty, by virtue of the authority conferred on him by The Copyright Act, 1911" (1 & 2 Geo. V, c. 46), and having regard to the provisions of the revised Berne Copyright Convention of 1908, was pleased to make an Order in Council, dated the 24th day of June, 1912§ (hereinafter called the Principal Order), extending the protection of the said Act to certain classes of works to which protection is guaranteed by the said Convention;

And whereas Poland has acceded to the said Convention : Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon him by The Copyright Act, 1911," is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

The Principal Order shall extend to Poland as if that country were amongst the foreign countries of the Copyright Union therein named, subject to the following modifications:

(a.) The provisions of Article 2, proviso (iii) (a) shall apply as if Poland were included amongst the foreign countries named in those provisions.

"London Gazette," April 27, 1920.
Vol. CII, page 619.

+ Vol. CIV, page 13.

§ Vol. CV, page 133.

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