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Labuan :

:

AND WHEREAS by the Straits Settlements and

Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council

1916, as amended by the Straits Settlements and

Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council

1917, it is ordered that the Fugitive Offenders Act

1881, shall apply as if the Protected States named in

the Schedule to the first mentioned Order were British

possessions:

AND WHEREAS by reason of their contiguity or

the frequent inter-communication between them it seems

expedient to His Majesty and conducive

to the better

administration of justice therein to apply Part II. of the

Fugitive Offenders Act, 1081, to the above mentioned British

possessions and Protected States, and such application has

been requested by the Rulers of the said States.

NOW THEREFORE His Majesty, by virtue of the Powers

in this behalf by the Fugitive Offenders Acts, 1881, and 1915

and otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and

with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it

is hereby ordered, as follows:-

(1) On and after the 1st day fFebruary 1918,

the

hereinbefore. recited Orders in Council of the

12th day of December 1885 shall be revoked,

without prejudice to anything lawfully done

thereunder or to any proceedings commenced before!

the said date, and Part II. of the Fugitive

Offenders Act,1881, shall apply to the group

of British possessions and Protected States

hereunder mentioned, that is to say:-

British India

Ceylon

Hong Kong.

The Straits Settlements

The Federated Halay States Johore

Kedah and Perlis.

Kelantan

Trengganu

Brunei

North Borneo

Sarawak.

(2) The Governor General of India and

the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong and the Straits

Settlements shall cause this Order to be pro-

clained in the territories and colonies under

their respective Governments,

(3) The Governor, as defined in the

Straits Settlements and Protected States Fugitive

Offenders Orders in Council, 1916 and 1917,

shall cause this order to be proclaimed in the

hereinbefore

Protected