THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1887.
4. In this Order-
Interpretation.
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(i.) "Zanzibar " means the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, including
Zanzibar waters, that is to say, the territorial waters of those dominions;
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(ii.) "The Secretary of State" means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; (iii.) "The Consul-General means Her Majesty's Consul-General for Zanzibar, including a person acting temporarily, with the approval of the Secretary of State, as, or for, Her Majesty's Consul-General there;
(iv.)
"Judicial Assistant" means—--
(a.) One of Her Majesty's Consular officers in and for Zanzibar, appointed by the Secretary
of State to be a Judicial Assistant of the Consul-General; and
(b.) Any such officer acting temporarily by order of the Consul-General as, or for, a Judicial
Assistant;
(v.) "British subject" means a subject of Her Majesty, by birth or by naturalization; (vi.) "British-protected person" means a person enjoying Her Majesty's protection in Zanzibar, including, by virtue of the Act of Parliament of the Session of the 39th and 40th years of Her Majesty's reign (1876), chapter 46, all subjects of the several Princes and States in India in alliance with Her Majesty residing or being in Zanzibar;
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.(vii.) Resident means having a fixed place of abode in Zanzibar ;
(viii.) "Zanzibar subject" means a subject of Zanzibar ;
(ix.) "Foreigner" means a subject or citizen of a State in amity with Her Majesty, other than
Zanzibar:
(x.) "Zanzibar or Foreign Court" means a Court of the Government of Zanzibar, or of any foreign State in amity with Her Majesty, and exercising lawful jurisdiction in Zanzibar, and includes every member or officer of such a Court;
(xi.) "Administration" means (unless a contrary intention appears from the context) letters.
of administration, including the same with will annexed, or granted for special or limited purposes, or limited in duration ;
(xii.) "Ship" includes any vessel used in navigation, however propelled, with her tackle,
furniture, and apparel, and any boat or other craft;
(xiii) "Offence" means any act or omission punishable by a Criminal Court;
(xiv.) "Imprisonment" means.imprisonment of either description, as defined in the Indian
Penal Code:
(xv.)
Month
"Month" means calendar month;
(xvi) "Will" means will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument;
(xvii.) "Person" includes Corporation ;
(xviii.) Words importing the plural or the singular may be construed as referring to one person or thing, or to more than one person or thing, and words importing the masculine as referring to females (as the case may require).
Commencement.
5.—(~.) The Consul-General shall forthwith, on receipt of instructions from the Secretary of State in this behalf, affix and exhibit this Order conspicuously in his public office, and he shall keep the same so affixed and exhibited during one month thereafter.
(b.) This Order shall commence and have effect at the expiration of that month (which time is in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order).
(c.) But any appointment under this Order may be made at any time after its passing, and no proof shall in any proceedings be required of any of the matters prescribed by this Article.
PART II-APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF Order.
6.-(a.) This Order applies to--
(i.) British subjects being in Zanzibar, whether resident or not; and
(ii.) British ships being in Zanzibar waters; and
(iii.) Zanzibar subjects and foreigners, in the cases, and according to the conditions, in this
Order specified, but not otherwise.
(b.) Such of the provisions of this Order as refer to British subjects extend also to British-pro- tected persons, in so far as by Treaty, Capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means, Her Majesty has jurisdiction in Zanzibar in relation to such persons.