THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT.
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(1) in England, Her Majesty's Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice; and
(2) in Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary; and
(3) in Ireland, Her Majesty's Court of Appeal and Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at Dublin; and
(4) in a British possession, any Court having in that possession the like criminal jurisdiction to that which is vested in the High Court of Justice in England, or such Court or Judge as may be determined by any Act or Ordinance of that possession.
[ss. 40, 41, and schedule, rep. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 56.]
3.-COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACTS.
ACT OF 1869-32 & 33 VICT. c. 10:-
An Act for authorizing the removal of Prisoners from one Colony to another for the purposes of Punishment. [13th May, 1869.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the removal of prisoners from one colony to another for the purposes of punishment :--
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1869.
2. For the purposes of this Act—
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The term "colony" shall not include any place within the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands or within such territories as may for the time being be vested in Her Majesty by virtue of any Act of Parliament for the government of India, but shall include any plantation, territory, or settlement situate elsewhere within Her Majesty's Dominions, and subject to the same local government; and for the purposes of this Act all plantations, territories, and settlements under a central Legislature shall be deemed to be one colony under the same local government:
The term Governor shall include the officer for the time being administering the government of any colony:
The term "legislative body" shall mean any House of Assembly or other body of persons having legislative powers in the colony, and where such body of persons consists of two separate Houses it shall include both Houses, and where there are local legislative bodies as well as a central legislative body shall mean the central legislative body only.
[s. 3, rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39.]
4. Any two colonies may, with the sanction of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, agree for the removal of any prisoners under sentence or may be re-