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THE HONGKONG, GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1887.
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30. In civil matters an appeal shall lie from a Consular Court to the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone or to the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony by the leave of the Consular Court, or without such leave where the amount or value in dispute exceeds 500., or leave is given for special reasons by the Court of Appeal.
The appeal shall be brought within such time and in such manner, as regards the form and transmission of the appeal, as may be prescribed by any rules of procedure made under this Order, or as in any case by any special leave or order the said Supreme Court may direct.
A Consular Court may, before deciding any civil matter, state a case in writing for the opinion of either of the said Supreme Courts, and shall give effect to such opinion, and when a case has been so stated, no appeal shall be brought against the decision of the Consular Court in conformity there- with, unless by leave of the Court of Appeal.
As regards matters not provided for by this Article, the procedure on appeal in the Court of Appeal may be the same as the ordinary procedure of that Court upon the hearing of any application for a new trial, or upon a case stated or reserved for the opinion of the Court, and the judgment or order of such Court in the appeal shall be certified under its seal to the Consular Court which shall give effect thereto.
The decision of a Court of Appeal under this Order shall be subject to appeal to Her Majesty in Council, in the same manner as any other decision of such Court.
PART IV-REGISTRATION.
31.-1.) Every British subject or British-protected person resident in a Consular district, being of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, or being married, or a widower or widow, though under that age, must, in every January, register himself at the Consular Court of the district within which he is resident.
(2.) Every British subject or British-protected person not resident in a Consular district, arriving within the district of a Consular Court, unless borne on the muster-roll of a British or foreign vessel, must, within one month after arrival, register himself at the Consular Court..
(3.) But this provision does not require any person to register himself oftener than once in a year, beginning 1st January.
(4.) The registration of a man comprises the registration of his wife, if living with him; and
(5.) The registration of the head, male or female, of a family comprises the registration of all females, being relatives of such head, in whatever degree, living under the same roof with him at the time of his registration.
(6) The Consul shall yearly give to each person registered a certificate of registration, signed by the Consul, and scaled with his Consular seal.
(7.) The name of a wife, if her registration is comprised in her husband's shall, unless in any case the Consul sees reason to the contrary, be endorsed on the husband's certificate.
(8.) 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 sees reason to the contrary, be indorsed on the certi- ficate of the head of the family.
(9.) In the case of a British-protected person, the certificate, besides being in English, shall be in such other language or languages as in each case the Consul thinks fit.
(10.) Every person on every registration shall pay a fee of such amount as the Secretary of State from time to time appoints.
(11.) The amount of the fee may be uniform for all persons, or may vary according to the posi- tion and circumstances of different classes, if the Secretary of State from time to time so directs, but may not in any case exceed 5s.
(12.) Every person by this provision required to register himself, must, unless excused by the Consul, attend personally for that purpose at the Court, on each occasion of registration.
(13.) If any person fails to comply with the requirements, of this Article, and does not excuse his failure to the satisfaction of the Consul, he is guilty of an offence against this Order.
PART V.SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS.
32. Where, by virtue of this Order or otherwise. any Imperial Act, or any Law in force in the West Africa Settlements or in the Gold Coast Colony, is applicable in any place within the limits of this Order, such Act or Law shall be deemed applicable so far only as the constitution and jurisdiction of the Courts acting under this Order and the local circumstances permit, and for the purpose of faci- litating the application of any such Act or Law, it may be construed, with such alterations and adap- tations not affecting the substance as may be necessary, and anything by such Act or Law required to be done by or to any Court. Judge, officer, or authority, may be done by or to a Court, Judge, officer, or authority having the like or analogous functions, and the seal of the Court may be substituted for