Convention Article No.
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Office mentioned in Article 12 may be deemed advisable. In any event all such articles should be rendered incapable of use. So far as this Article relates to paper money, effect is given to it by section 15 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1922 as amended by Ordinance No. 11 of 1924 and by section 2 of the new Ordinance. In so far as it relates to metal money, effect is given to it by section 25 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1865 as amend- ed by section 3 (2) (p) of the new Ordinance.
This Article provides that in every country, within the framework of its domestic law, investigations on the subject of counterfeiting should be or- ganised by a central office. The central office should be in contact (a) with the institutions issuing currency, (b) with the police authorities within the country, (c) with the central office of other countries. It should centralise, in each country, all information of a nature to facilitate the investigation, prevention and punishment of counterfeiting currency.
Effect can be given to this Article by administrative
action, and no legislation is required.
This Article provides that the different countries
should correspond directly with each other.
Effect can be given to this Article by administrative
action and no legislation is required.
This Article deals with the routine laid down for the communication of information between the central offices of different countries.
Effect can be given to this Article by administrative
action, and no legislation is required.
This Article provides for conferences by the repre- sentatives of the various central offices with the participation of representatives of the banks of
issue.
Effect can be given to this Article by administrative
action and no legislation is required.
This Article provides for three alternative methods of transmitting letters of request. It provides that each High Contracting Party shall notify to the others which of the alternative methods it will recognise but until such notification the existing procedure shall remain in force. It also requires that letters of request shall not be subject to payment of taxes or expenses of any nature whatever other than expenses of experts and it finally provides that nothing in the Article shall be construed as an undertaking on the part of the High Contracting Parties to adopt in criminal matters any form or methods of proof contrary to their laws. The case of a court in the Colony requiring a foreign court to take evidence for use in a criminal matter can never arise. The converse case of a foreign court re- quiring evidence to be taken in the Colony is fully dealt with by the existing law. Apart altogether from the provisions of the Extradition
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