[47 & 48 VIOT.]
Colonial Prisoners Removal
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Act, 1884.
[OI. 31.]
(2.) A person guilty of the offence of so escaping or of attempting A.D. 1884. so to escape, or of aiding or attempting to aid any such prisoner so to escape, may be tried in any of the following parts of Her Majesty's dominions, namely, the part to which and the part from which the prisoner is being removed or returned, and the part in which tho prisoner escapes, and the part in which the offender is found, and such offence shall be deemed to be an offence against the law of the part of Her Majesty's dominions in which he may be so tried, and for all purposes of and incidental to the apprehension, trial, and punishment of the person accused of such offence, and of and inci- dontal to any proceedings and matters preliminary, incidental to or consequential thereon, and of and incidental to the jurisdiction of any court constable or officer with reference to such offence, and to the person accused thereof, such offence shall be deemed to have been committed in the said part, and such person may be punished in accordance with the Courts (Colonial) Jurisdiction Act, 1874.
Criminal Lunatics.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 27.
of Act to
10.—(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to a person in. Application custody as a criminal lunatic in like manner, so far as consistent, removal of with the tenor thereof, as they apply to a prisoner undergoing criminal sentence of imprisonment; and separate regulations may be madlo lunatics. by Her Majesty in Council under this Act in relation to criminal Tuinties and (subject to those regulations) all laws and regulations in force in the part of Her Majesty's dominions in which a criminal. Junatic removed or returned is for the time being in custody under a warrant issued in pursuinco of this Act, shall apply to such 'criminal lunatic as if he had become a criminal lunatic in that part.
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(2.) Whero a person, who is a criminal lunatic by reason of being unfit to be tried for an offence, is removed. in pursuance of this Act, and a Secretary of Stato or the Government of the British possession to or from which such person was removed considers that such person has become sufficiently sane to ho tried for the said offence, and requires him to be returned for trial to the British possession from which he was removed, he shall, in accordance with the regulations under this Act be returned as a prisoner to the said British possession for the purpose of being thore tried for the said offence, and shall be removed thither in custody in liko mannor us if he had been arrested under a warrant on a charge for the said offenco.
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