ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1881 . 1575
Macao Extradition.
not delivered
at any time, upon application made to him by or on behalf of the fugitive, up within a
and upon its being proved to his satisfaction that reasonable notice ofthe certain time .
Notice to be
intention to make such application has been given to the Crown Solicitor,
given to the
Crown
order the fugitive so committed to be discharged out of custody, unless Solicitor.
sufficient cause is shown to him why such discharge ought not to be
ordered : Provided that in every case where such fugitive has appealed to
the Supreme Court or has applied for a writ of habeas corpus the said
period of one month shall be computed from the date of the decision of
the Supreme Court upon such proceeding , and in every case within section
11 the said period shall be computed from the date of the expiration of
the fugitive's sentence or of his acquittal or of the abandonment of the
charge as therein mentioned .
14. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by order to be Power to add
to the sche
published in the Gazette, declare that any crime or offence specified in dule of crimes
and offences.
such order, and not included in the first schedule hereto , shall form part
thereof, and from and after the date of the publication of such order, the
several crimes and offences specified therein shall come within the opera
tion of this Ordinance as if the same had been originally included in the
said schedule.
Power to ex
15. The Governor in Council may at any time by order to be
punge any
crime or
published in the Gazette, declared that any crime or offence specified in offence from
the first schedule hereto , or which may hereafter be added to the said schedule.
schedule as hereinbefore provided , shall no longer form part thereof, and
from and after the date of the publication of such order, such crime or
offence shall cease to come within the operation of this Ordinance.
16. All expenses incident to the apprehension , detention , mainte Expenses of
extradition.
nance, and delivery of a fugitive under this Ordinance, shall be borne by
this Colony .
17. If any action be brought against a Magistrate, gaoler, officer of Protection to
Magistrate.
Police, or any other person for anything done in obedience to any warrant gaoler, &c.,
acting under
or order issued under the provisions of this Ordinance, the proof of such warrant.
warrant or order shall be a sufficient answer to such action , and the
defendant or defendants on such proof as aforesaid shall be entitled to a
verdict or judgment in his or their favour, and shall also be entitled to
Lis or their full costs of suit.