FLOGGING.
No. 3 of 1903.
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Magistrate is authorised to sentence an offender to flogging such Ordinance shall be construed and have effect as if the instrument of flogging had been specified to be the birch and the maximum number of strokes had been specified to be 24.
7. In no case shall a sentence of flogging be passed upon a female, either by the Courts or in any prison, to be flogged.
[s. 8, rep. No. 12 of 1912.]
No. 4 of 1903.
To provide for the surrender of Fugitive Criminals from the Malay States.
[3rd March, 1903.]
WHEREAS persons who have committed certain crimes within any of the Malay States may escape to the Colony and it is expedient to provide for the apprehension of such fugitive criminals from justice and for their surrender to the Government of such States respectively:--
1. The Malay States Extradition Ordinance, 1903.
2. In this Ordinance,-
"Extradition crime" means any crime or offence which, if committed in this Colony, would be one of the crimes or offences mentioned in the 1st schedule.
"Fugitive criminal" means any person accused or convicted of an extradition crime committed within the jurisdiction of any of the Malay States who is or is suspected of being in this Colony.
"Malay State" means any one of the following States :- Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah, and Perlis.
"British Resident" means any person lawfully discharging the duties of the office of British Resident in any Malay State from which a criminal is a fugitive.
The extradition crimes mentioned in the 1st schedule shall be construed according to the law in force in the Colony at the date of the alleged extradition crime.
*As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 8 of 1912 and No. 12 of 1912.
§ As amended by No. 13 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 8 of 1912, No. 12 of 1912, No. 13 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.