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lawful Authority to issue the same within that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions where such Offence shall have been committed, shall be in any Place within the said United Kingdom, it shall be lawful, in Great Britain, for One of Her Majes- ty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in Ireland, for the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to endorse his Name on such Warrant, which War- rant so endorsed shall be a sufficient Authority to the Person or Persons bringing such Warrant, and to all Persons to whom such Warrant was originally directed, and also to all Constables and other Peace Officers in that Part of the United Kingdom where the said Warrant shall be so endorsed to execute the said Warrant, by apprehending the Person against whom such Warrant is directed and to convey the said Person before a Justice of the Peace for the County or other Jurisdiction in which the supposed Offender shall be apprehended, or in Scotland either before such Justice of the Peace or before the Sheriff Depute or Substitute.
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II. And to remedy the like Failure of Justice by the Escape of Persons charged For Apprehen- with having committed Offences into those Parts of Her Majesty's Dominions sion of Offenders which do not form l'art of the said United Kingdom, be it enacted, That from and escaping to after the passing of this Act, if any Person charged with having committed any Offence such as is herein-after mentioned in any Part of Her Majesty's Dominions, whether or not within the said United Kingdom, and against whom a Warrant shall be issued by any Person or Persons having lawful Authority to issue the same, shall be in any other Part of Her Majesty's Dominions not forming Part of the said United Kingdom, it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice or any other Judge of Her Majesty's Superior Court of Law within that other Part of Her Ma-- jesty's Dominions where such Person shall be to endorse his Name on such Warrant which Warrant so endorsed shall be a sufficient Authority to the Person or Persons bringing such Warrant, and also to all Persons to whom such Warrant was origin- ally directed, and also to all Peace Officers of the Place where the Warrant shall be so endorsed, to execute the same within the Jurisdiction of the Person by whom it shall be so endorsed, by apprehending the Person against whom such Warrant is directed, and to convey him before a Magistrate or other Person having Authori- ty to examine and commit Offenders for Trial in that Part of Her Majesty's Do- .minions.
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Place where the Offence was com-
Information of
III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Person duly authorized to
Offender maybe examine and commit Offenders for Trial before whom any such supposed Offen- committed to Gaol der shall be brought as aforesaid, upon such Evidence of Criminality as would jus- until be tify his Committal if the Offence had been committed in that Part of Her Majesty's sent back to the Dominions, to commit such supposed Offender to Prison, there to remain until he can be sent back, in manner herein-after mentioned, to that Part of Her Majesty's mitted. Dominions in which he is charged with having committed such Offence; and imme- diately upon the Committal of such Person Information thereof in Writing under the Hand of the committing Magistrate, accompanied by a Copy of the said War- Committal to be rant, shall be given, in Great Britain, to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secreta- given. ries of State, and in Ireland to the Chicf Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, and in any other Part of Her Majesty's Dominions to the Governor or acting Governor. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in every such Case Copies of the
Copies of Depo- Depositions upon which the original Warrant was granted, certified under the sitions
may be giv. Hand of the Person or Persons issuing such Warrant, and attested upon the Oath en in Evidence. of the Party producing them to be true Copies of the original Depositions, may be received in Evidence of the Criminality of the Person so apprehenced.
Offenders appre-
the Offence was
V. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful, in Great Britain, for any One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in Ireland for the Chief Secretary lended to be sent of the Lord Lieutenant, and in any other Part of Her Majesty's Dominions for the to the Place where Governor or acting Governor, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to order any committed; Person who shall have been so apprehended and committed to Gaol to be delivered into the Custody of some Person or Persons, to be named in the said Warrant, for the Purpose of being conveyed into that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions in which he is charged with having committed the Offence, and being delivered into the Custody of the Proper Authorities there, to be dealt with in due Course of Law as if he had been there apprehended, and to order that the Person so committed to Gaol be so conveyed accordingly; and if the said Person, after he shall have been so apprehended, shall escape out of any Custody to which he shall have been commit- ted as aforesaid, it shall be lawful to retake such Person, in the same Manner as any Person accused of any Crime against the Laws of that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions may be retaken upon an Escape.
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VI. And be it enacted, That where any Person who shall have been committed if not sent within to Gaol under this Act shall not be conveyed out of that Part of Her Majesty's Two Months after Dominions in which he shall have been so committed to Gaol within Two Calen- Committal, dar Months after such Committal, over and above the Time actually required apply to be dis-
charged. to convey the Prisoner from the Gaol to which he was committed by the readiest Way out of that Part of Her Majesty's Dominion, it shall be lawful for any of Her Majesty's Judges in that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions in which such supposed Offender shall be in Custody, upon Application made to him or