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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 28, 1918.

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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 117. The following Order of His Majesty the King in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 8th January, 1918, is published for general information.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 2ND DAY OF JANUARY, 1918.

PRESENT.

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD PRIVY SEAL.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN.

LORD ROTHERMERE. SIR MAURICE DE BUNSEN.

WHEREAS by an Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council, bearing

date the 12th day of December, 1885, it was ordered that Part II. of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, should apply to the group of British Possessions therein mentioned, that is to say, Her Majesty's East Indian Territories, Ceylon, and the Straits Settlements:

And whereas by a further Order of Her said late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council, also bearing date the 12th day of December, 1885, it was ordered that Part II. of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, should apply to the group of British Possessions therein mentioned, that is to say, the Straits Settlements, Hongkong, and Labuan :

And whereas under and by virtue of Letters Patent dated the 30th day of October, *1906, the boundaries of the Colony of the Straits Settlements were extended so as to

include the Colony of 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 conductive to the better adminis- tration of justice therein, to apply Part II. of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, 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 of February, 1918, the hereinbefore recited Orders in Council of the 12th day of December, 1885, shall be revoked, without prejudice to any- thing 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;

Hongkong;

The Straits Settlements;

The Federated Malay States;

Johore;

Kedah and Perlis;

Kelantan ;

Trengganu ;

Brunei ; North Borneo ; Sarawak.