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VISITING FORCES ACT 1952.

VISITING FORCES ACT 1952 (ARREST OF MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES FORCES) ORDER 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (6) of section 2 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (as adapted and modified by the Visiting Forces Act (Application to Colonies) Order 1954) I hereby make the following order---

1. This order may be cited as the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (Arrest of Members of United States Forces) Order 1969.

1 Any member of the military forces of the United Kingdom serving in the Colony may arrest any person being a member of a visiting force of the United States of America who is alleged to be guilty of an offence punishable under the law of that country and shall hand over any person so arrested to any officer or person of superior rank of the forces of the United States of America.

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Power of U.K. military forcesS

to arrest members of U.S. forces.

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3rd January 1969. (Secretariat CR 8/3281/53)

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Governor.