WEI-HAI-WEI ORDER IN COUNCIL.
order that he be deported to such place as the Commissioner may direct, but every such order shall be subject to confirmation by the Commissioner.
(2) The place shall be a place the Government whereof consents to the reception therein of the person to be deported.
(3) The person to be deported shall be detained in custody until a fit opportunity for his deportation occurs.
(4) He shall, as soon as is practicable, and either after execution of the sentence or while it is in course of execution, be embarked in custody under the warrant of the Commissioner on board one of His Majesty's vessels of war, or, if there is no such vessel available, then on board any British or other fit vessel bound to the place of deportation.
(5) The warrant shall be sufficient authority to the commander or master of the vessel to receive and detain the person therein named, and to carry him to and deliver him up at the place named according to the warrant.
(6) If any master of a British ship, after a reasonable remuneration for the conveyance of a deported person has been tendered or paid to him, refuses or fails to carry such person to the place named, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 500 dollars.
(7) The Court may order the person to be deported to pay all or any part of the expenses of his deportation. Subject thereto, the expenses of deportation shall be defrayed in such manner as the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Treasury, may direct.
(8) The Commissioner shall forthwith report to the Secretary of State any order of deportation made or confirmed by him, and the grounds thereof.
(9) If any person deported under this Order returns to the said territories without permission in writing of the Secretary of State (which permission the Secretary of State may give), he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars; and he shall also be liable to be forthwith again deported.
47. The Court shall have all the powers appertaining to the office of Coroner in England, provided as follows:--
(a) Where a person is charged with causing the death, the Court may proceed forthwith with the preliminary examination;
(b) When no person is charged with causing the death, the Court shall, without any jury, hold an inquest, taking the depositions of those who know the facts. If, during or after the inquest, any person is so charged, the depositions shall be read over in the presence of the witnesses and of the accused, who shall be entitled to cross-examine each witness, and the procedure shall be as in other cases of preliminary examination. If
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