LAWS

OF THE

COLONY OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

JANUARY, 1908.

VOL. I.

SCHEDULE TO THE STATUTE LAWS REVISION ORDINANCE, 1908.

BEING THE

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AN APPENDIX CONTAINING

THE LETTERS PATENT CONSTITUTING THE COLONY, AND THE INSTRUCTIONS
ACCOMPANYING THEM; VARIOUS ACTS OF PARLIAMENT; AND ORDERS

OF THE SOVEREIGN IN COUNCIL.

WITH

EDWIN ARNEY SPEED, M.A., LL.B.,

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW,
ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE COLONY OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

ASSISTED BY

JAMES ERNEST GREEN,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR-GENERAL OF THE COLONY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

Vol. I.

LONDON:

STEVENS AND SONS, LIMITED,

119 & 120, CHANCERY LANE,

Law Publishers.

908

DEC 18 1908

CONTENTS.

Vol. I.

Part I.-PROMULGATION OF ORDINANCES AND GENERAL RULES

OF CONSTRUCTION.

Part II.-ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE-CIVIL LAW

AND PROCEdure.

3 Supreme Court

4 Supreme Court Jurisdiction in Egba Territory .

5 Supreme Court Jurisdiction in Yoruba Territory

6 Supreme Court Jurisdiction in Ife Territory

7 Petitions of Right

8 Foreign Jurisdiction

9 Probates-Recognition

10 Administration-Real Estate

11 Administration-Small Estates

12 Administration-Estates of Africans dying in Foreign

Employment

13 Oaths and Affirmations

14 Criminal Procedure

15 Slave Dealing

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17 Cruelty to Animals .

Part III.-CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEdure.

Falsification of Accounts

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