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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 6TH AUGUST, 1887.
Zanzibar subjects: Foreigners: Arbitration.
36.-(a.) Every agreement for reference to arbitration between a British subject, on the one band, and a Zanzibar subject or a foreigner, on the other hand, may, on the application of any party, be filed for execution in the proper office of a Court established under this Order.
(b.) The Court shall thereupon have authority to enforce the agreement and the award made thereunder, and to control and regulate the proceedings before and after the award, in such manner and on such terms as the Court may think fit.
(c.) Provided that the Zanzibar subject or foreigner first obtains and files, in the proper office of the Court, the consent, in writing, of the competent authority (if any), on behalf of his own nation, to his submitting, and that he does submit, to the jurisdiction of the Court, and, if required by the Court, gives security to the satisfaction of the Court, and to such reasonable amount as the Court thinks fit, by deposit or otherwise, to pay fees, damages, costs, and expenses, and abide by and perform the award.
False Evidence.
37. If a British subject wilfully gives false evidence in a proceeding before a Zanzibar or foreign Court, or in an arbitration between a British subject, on the one hand, and a Zanzibar subject or foreigner, on the other hand, he shall, on conviction before a competent Court of Criminal Jurisdiction be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to 1,000 rupees, or with both. Nothing in this Article shall exempt a person from liability to any greater or other punishment, but so that he be not twice punished for the same offence.
PART VIII-REGISTRATION OF BRITISH SUBJECTS.
38.-(a.) Every resident British subject, being of the age of 21 years or upwards, or being married, or a widower, or widow, though under that age, shall, unless already registered, register himself at the Consular Office for the local area within which he is resident.
(b.) Every British subject as aforesaid, not resident, arriving at a place in Zanzibar where there is a Consular Office, unless borne on the muster-roll of a British vessel there arriving, shall, within one month after arrival, register himself or herself at the Consular Office. But this provision shall not be deemed to require any person to register himself oftener than once in a year, reckoned from the 1st January.
(c.) The registration of a man shall, nevertheless, comprise the registration of his wife, if living with him: and
(d.) The registration of the head, male or female, of a family, shall be deemed to comprise the registration of all females being his relatives, in whatever degree, living under the same roof with him at the time of his registration.
(e) The Consular officer shall give to each person registered by him a certificate of registration, signed by him, and sealed with his Consular scal.
(f.) The name of a wife, if her registration is comprised in her husband's, shall, unless in any case the Consul-General sees good reason to the contrary, be indorsed on the husband's certificate.
(g.) The names and descriptions of females, whose registration is comprised in that of the head, of the family, shall, unless in any case the Consul-General sees good reason to the contrary, be in- dorsed on the certificate of the head of the family.
(h.) Every person shall, on every registration of himself, pay a fee of such amount as the Secretary. of State from time to time appoints.
(i.) The amount of the fee either may be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the position and circumstances of different classes, as the Secretary of State from time to time thinks fit, but shall not in any case exceed 2 rupees and 8 annas.
(j.) Every person by this Order required to register himself, shall, unless excused by the Consular officer, or unless such person is a woman who, by the custom of the class to which she belongs, is prevented from appearing in public, attend personally for that purpose at the Consular Office on each occasion of registration.
(.) If any person fails to comply with the provisions of this Order respecting registration, and does not satisfactorily excuse his failure, the Courts constituted and officers appointed under this Order
in any case in which they think fit, decline to recognize him as a British subject.
may,
PART IX. PROCEDURE.
Rules of Procedure.
39. Subject to the control of the Secretary of State, the Consul-General may, from time to tune; frame Rules of Procedure and other Rules, consistent with this Order, for the better execution of the provisions herein contained in respect of any matter arising in the course of any civil or criminal case, including bankruptcy proceedings.