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that such order has been duly given by the Secretary of State, and every such writing as above in this section mentioned shall
be admissible in evidence in any court in Her Majesty's dominions
ithout further proof.
7. (1) Where the removal of a prisoner from a British possession Warrant fo is ordered in pursuance of this Act, a Secretary of State or the removal of Governor of the British possession may by warrant under his prisoner. hand direct the prisoner to be removed to the part of Her Majesty's dominions mentioned in the said order, and for that purpose to be delivered into the custody of the persons named or described in the warrant or some one or more of them, and to be held in custody and conveyed by sea or otherwise to the said part of Her Majesty's dominions, there to undergo his sentence, or the residue thereof, until returned in pursuance of this Act or discharged, and such warrant shall be forthwith executed according to the tenor thereof.
(2) Where a prisoner is to be returned to a British possession, a Secretary of State or the Governor of the possession in which he has been undergoing his sentence, shall issue a like warrant, which shall be duly exccuted according to the tenor thereof.
(3) Every warrant purporting to be issued in pursuance of this Act, and to be under the hand of a Secretary of State or Governor of a British possession, shall be received in evidence in every court of justice in Her Majesty's dominions without further proof, and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, and all acts done in pursuance of such warrant shall be deemed to have been authorised by law.
8. (1) Every prisoner removed in pursuance of this Act shall, Dealing until he is returned in pursuance of this Act, be dealt with in removed prisoner. the part of Her Majesty's dominions to which he is removed, in like manner as if his sentence (with such variation, if any, of the conditions thereof as may have been duly made in pur- suance of regulations under this Act) had been duly awarded in that part, and shall be subject accordingly to all laws and regulations in force in that part, with the following qualifications that his conviction judgment and sentence may be questioned in the part of Her Majesty's dominions from which he has been removed in the same manner as if he had not been removed, and that his sentence may be remitted and his discharge ordered in the same manner and by the same authority as if he had not been removed.
(2) The officer in charge of any prison, on request by any person having the custody of a prisoner under a warrant issued in pursuance of this Act, and on payment or tender of a reasonable amount for expenses, shall receive such prisoner and detain him for such reasonable time as may be requested by the said person for the purpose of the proper execution of the warrant.
9. (1) If a prisoner while in custody in pursuance of this Escape
prisoner Act, or under a warrant issued in pursuance of this Act escapes, irom by breach of prison or otherwise, out of custody, he may be custody.