THE COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACTS.
165
of a sentence involving confinement in a prison combined with hard labour, shall, in the United Kingdom, be dealt with as follows that is to say,
1907.
If the original period of his sentence did not exceed 2 years, in the same manner as if he had been sentenced in the United Kingdom to imprisonment with hard labour for the same period.
And if the original period of his sentence exceeded 2 years, in the same manner, as nearly as may be, as if he had been sentenced in the United Kingdom to penal servitude for the same period.
2. Every prisoner removed under the said Act from one British Possession to another British Possession for the purpose of undergoing the residue of a sentence shall in such last-mentioned British Possession be dealt with in the same manner as if he had there been sentenced to such punishment authorized by the law thereof as in the opinion of the Secretary of State signing the Order of Removal shall most nearly correspond to the punishment to which he was sentenced in the first-mentioned British Possession, and for the same period.
3. If the prisoner or criminal lunatic is to be removed to the United Kingdom—
(1) A Secretary of State shall make out and sign the Order of Removal in duplicate and shall send one copy to the Governor of the Colony from which the prisoner is to be removed, and the Governor shall thereupon make out and sign in duplicate a Notification of Concurrence in the Order of Removal.
(2) One copy of the Order of Removal shall be retained in the Colony and the other copy shall be transmitted by a Secretary of State to the Home Office for record.
(3) One copy of the Notification of Concurrence shall be retained in the Colony and attached to the Order of Removal and the other shall be sent to a Secretary of State and shall by him be transmitted to the Home Office for record.
4. If the prisoner or criminal lunatic is to be removed to a British Possession—
(1) A Secretary of State shall make out and sign the Order of Removal in triplicate and shall send one copy to the Governor of each Colony concerned, who shall thereupon make out and sign in triplicate a Notification of Concurrence in the Order of Removal.
(2) The Governor of the Colony from which the prisoner is to be removed shall retain the copy of the Order of Removal and one copy of the Notification of Concurrence which he shall attach to the Order of Removal, and shall send the second copy of the Notification to the Governor...
!Page 16