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the Police under the provisions of this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment, with hard labour, for any term not exceeding six months.
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1896.
AN ORDINANCE to provide for the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals from the Territory of the British North Borneo Company. A.D. 1896.
[17th March, 1896.]
WHEREAS persons who have committed certain crimes or offences within the Territory of the British North Borneo Company may escape to this Colony, and it is expedient to provide for the apprehension of such fugitive criminals from justice and for their surrender to the Government of British North Borneo, in order that they may be dealt with according to law:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
No. 3 of 1896.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the North Borneo Extradition Ordinance, 1896.
Short title.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-
Interpretation of terms.
"The Governor of North Borneo" means the Governor of the Territory of the British North Borneo Company and includes the person for the time being administering the Government of such Territory:
"North Borneo" means the Territory of the British North Borneo Company:
"Extradition Crime" means any crime or offence which, if committed in this Colony, would be one of the crimes or offences mentioned in the First Schedule to this Ordinance:
"Fugitive Criminal" means any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of North Borneo who is or is suspected of being in this Colony:
The extradition crimes mentioned in the said First Schedule shall be construed according to the law in force in the Colony at the date of the alleged extradition crime:
Provided always that the Governor-in-Council may from time to time, by Order to be published in The Gazette, declare that any
First Schedule.