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relative to the revocation of certificates of naturalisation issued thereunder and to the effect of such revocation, shall mutatis mutandis apply to letters of naturalisation issued in terms of the said Order in Council of 1899.

2. The Governor may make regulations providing for the imposition and application of fees in respect of any registration authorised to be made by the said Acts and in respect of the making of any declaration or the grant of any certificate authorised to be made or granted by the said Acts and in respect of the administration or registration of any oath.

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3. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Naturalisation Law Amendment Act, 1924.

DECREE by the Sultan of Zanzibar to provide for the Apprehension and Trial of Fugitive Offenders in certain cases and for other purposes connected with the Trial of such Offenders.

[No. 21.]

[July 30, 1923.]

1. THIS Decree may be cited as "The Fugitive Offenders Decree, 1923.'

2. Where in one of the territories set out in the Schedule hereto a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of any person accused of an offence punishable by law in that territory, and such person is or is suspected of being in or on the way to Zanzibar, His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar shall have full jurisdiction over such person in respect of the offence of which he is accused, and such person shall be liable to be apprehended and returned in like manner and to the same extent as if he were a British subject.

3. Where any person required to give evidence on behalf of the prosecutor or defendant on a charge for an offence punishable by law in one of the territories set out in the Schedule hereto is or is suspected of being in or on his way to Zanzibar, and a Judge, Magistrate, or other officer who would have lawful authority to issue a summons, requiring the attendance of such witness if the witness were within his jurisdiction, has issued a summons for the attendance of such witness, a Judge or Magistrate of His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar, if satisfied that the summons was issued by some Judge, Magistrate or other officer having lawful authority as aforesaid, may endorse the summons with his name, and the witness, on service of the summons, so endorsed, and on payment or tender of a reasonable amount for his expenses shall obey the summons and in default shall

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be liable to be tried and punished in Zanzibar and shall be liable to the punishment imposed by law for the failure of a witness to obey such summons. The expression "summons in this section includes subpoena and other process for requiring the attendance of a witness.

4. When any person, accused of having committed an offence in Zanzibar has left Zanzibar, His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar shall have full jurisdiction over such person in respect of the offence of which he is accused, and any Judge or Magistrate of that Court shall have lawful authority to issue warrants for the apprehension of such person and to do all other acts and things necessary to bring such person to justice in like manner and to the same extent as if he were a British subject.

5. When it is made to appear that any person who is a necessary witness on behalf of the prosecutor or defendant on a charge for an offence punishable by law is or is suspected of being in or on the way to any of the territories set out in the Schedule hereto, the Chief Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar may order that the case, if not already within the jurisdiction of that Court, shall be transferred to the said Court or to some other Court subordinate thereto, and thereupon the said Court shall have full jurisdiction to hear and determine the case in like manner in all respects as if the accused person were a British subject.

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6. The Fugitive Criminals Surrender (Amendment) Decree (Chapter LXVA, Revised Laws, 1922')," is hereby repealed.

Given at Zanzibar under our hand and seal this 30th day of July, 1923.

KHALIFA-BIN-HARUB.

Countersigned under the provisions of Article 59 of "The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1914.

Zanzibar, July 30, 1923.

JOHN H. SINCLAIR,

British Resident.

SCHEDULE.

The Somaliland Protectorate.

The Uganda Protectorate.
The Nyasaland Protectorate.

The Kenya Colony and Protectorate.
The Tanganyika Territory.

DECREE by the Sultan of Zanzibar to provide for the Deportation of Disaffected or Disorderly Persons.

[No. 22.]

[August 6, 1923.]

1. This Decree may be cited as The Deportation Decree, 1923."

2. Where it is shown by evidence on oath to the satisfaction of the British Resident that any person subject to our jurisdiction is conducting himself so as to be dangerous to peace and good order in the protectorate, or is endeavouring to excite enmity between ourselves or the people of the protectorate and His Majesty, or is intriguing against our authority or the authority of His Majesty, the British Resident may by order under his hand and official seal order that person to be deported from any part of the protectorate to any other part or to some place outside the protectorate the Government of which consents to his reception there to remain for any length of time the British Resident may think fit.

3. No appeal shall lie from an order of deportation made under this Decree.

4. If any person deported under this Decree leaves the part of the protectorate to which he has been deported or returns to the protectorate or to that part of the protectorate from which he has been deported without the permission in writing of the British Resident, he shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding 500 rupees or to both, and shall be deported again forthwith under the aforementioned order unless the British Resident thinks fit to rescind or to vary it.

5. The British Resident by order under his hand and official seal may vary or rescind any order of deportation or, without varying or rescinding such order, may grant permission in writing to the person deported to leave for a temporary purpose the part of the protectorate to which he has been deported for some other part specified in the permit or to return to the protectorate for a temporary purpose. Such permission may be granted subject to such conditions as the British Resident may think fit to attach thereto, and any person infringing such conditions or any of them shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction the penalties provided in the section immediately preceding, and the British Resident may vary or revoke the aforesaid permission.

6. Where an order of deportation has been made in respect of any person the British Resident may by warrant under his

hand and seal order such person to be detained in suitable custody until a fit opportunity for his deportation occurs.

7. The warrant of the British Resident under his hand and seal shall be sufficient authority to the person to whom it is directed to carry out the instructions therein prescribed as to the detention and removal of the person therein mentioned.

8. The expenses of deportation and of maintenance during detention and removal shall be defrayed in such manner as the British Resident may direct.

Given at Zanzibar under our hand and seal this 6th day of August, 1923.

KHALIFA-BIN-HARUB.

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DECREE by the Sultan of Zanzibar to amend The Immigration Regulation and Restriction Decree, 1923." [No. 6.] [March 7, 1924.]

1. THIS Decree may be cited as "The Immigration Regulation and Restriction (Amendment) Decree, 1924." 2. The following section shall be substituted for Section 10 of The Immigration Regulation and Restriction Decree, 1923(1):

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10. A pauper who is not in any other respect a prohibited immigrant may be allowed to enter the protectorate in any of the following cases and upon the following conditions:

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(a.) If such person is the wife or child of a person who is not a prohibited immigrant.

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(b.) If such person shall before landing deposit with the Immigration Officer

(i.) If a native of Asia or Africa, the sum of 100 rupees or such other sum as the British Resident may from time to time order.

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(ii.) Any other person, the sum of 375 rupees:

"Provided that if such person shall within six months after entering the protectorate obtain from the Immigration Officer a certificate that he does not come within the prohibition of this Decree such deposit shall be returned;

Provided further that if such person shall fail to obtain such certificate within six months such deposit may be forfeited and such person may be treated as a prohibited immigrant;

Provided that in the case of any person entering the protectorate under this section no liability shall attach to the (1) Vol. CXVII, page 212.

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vessel or the owners of the vessel in which such person may have arrived at any port of the protectorate.

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Given at Zanzibar under our hand and seal this 7th day of March, 1924.

KHALIFA-BIN-HARUB.

Countersigned under the provisions of Article 59 of The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1914."

Zanzibar, March 7, 1924.

A. C. HOLLIS,

British Resident.

DECREE by the Sultan of Zanzibar to provide for the Registration in the Protectorate of Letters Patent granted in the United Kingdom and of Designs and Trade-Marks registered in the United Kingdom or India or any British Possession.

[No. 19.]

[December 22, 1924.]

Part I.-Preliminary.

1. THIS Decree may be cited as "The Patents, Designs and Trade-Marks Decree, 1924."

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2. The Patents, Designs and Trade-Marks Decree, 1917," is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not in any way affect or revoke any registration which has been validly effected thereunder prior to the coming into force of this Decree.

3.—(1.) The British Resident may, when necessary, appoint a Registrar of Patents, Designs and Trade-Marks (in this Decree called the Registrar "), with an office to be called the Registry of Patents, Designs and Trade-Marks (in this Decree called "the Registry "). (2.) The term Registrar or person Registrar.

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Registrar shall include any Deputy acting under the authority of such

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4. There shall be kept at the Registry a book called "the Register of Patents, a book called the Register of Designs," and a book called "the Register of Trade-Marks."

Part II.-Patents.

5. Any person being the grantee of a patent in the United Kingdom or any person deriving his right from such grantee by assignment, transmission or other operation of law may apply within three years from the date of issue of the patent to have such patent registered in the protectorate. Where any partial assignment or transmission has been

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