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Case of fugitive undergoing

sentence in the Colony,

etc.

Governor-in- Council may

No. 1 of 1881.

MACAO EXTRADITION.

involved in the crime charged; but it shall not be open to the fugitive to claim his discharge from custody on such ground before any Judge or Magistrate; and any attempt against the life of the Governor or of any public officer or member of the Government of Macao shall not be deemed a political offence.

11. No extradition order shall be granted in respect of any fugitive who is undergoing any sentence of imprisonment in this Colony, or who is charged with any offence until the expiration of such sentence or of any sentence which may be pronounced upon his trial for such offence, or until his acquittal or the abandonment of such charge.

12. The Governor-in-Council may at any time issue an order order release. directed to the Superintendent of the Gaol for the release of a 2nd schedule fugitive in respect of whom the Governor-in-Council does not think fit to issue an extradition order, and thereupon the fugitive shall be forthwith discharged.

Form 9.

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Right of fugitive to apply to

for discharge, if not delivered up within

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13. Where any fugitive who has been committed is not deliver- ed up and conveyed out of this Colony within one month after Chief Justice the date of such committal, the Chief Justice may at any time, on application made to him by or on behalf of the fugitive and being satisfied that reasonable notice of the intention to make certain time. such application has been given to the Crown Solicitor, order the fugitive to be discharged unless sufficient cause is shown to him why such discharge ought not to be ordered: Provided that, in every case where the fugitive has appealed to the Supreme Court or has applied for a writ of habeas corpus, the period of one month shall be computed from the date of the decision of the Supreme Court, and in every case within section 11 it shall be computed from the date of the expiration of the fugitive's sentence or of his acquittal or of the abandonment of the charge as therein mentioned.

Power to

14. The Governor-in-Council may by order published in the add to list of Cazette, declare--

offences and

expunge

offence from

list.

1st schedule.

(1) that any crime or offence specified in such order not includ- ed in the 1st schedule shall form part thereof; or

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As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 63 of 1911.