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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎675] (719/733)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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SLAVE TRADE
purpose of such vessel being brought to adjudication as hereinafter
mentioned.
IT. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the High Court of
Admiralty of England, and for all Courts of Vice-Admiralty in any
dominions of Her Majesty beyond the seas, including those Courts of
Vice-Admiralty within the territories under the Government of the
East India Company, to take cognisance of, and try any such vessel
which shall be detained or captured for the violation of the said
Agreements, and to condemn any such vessel to Her Majesty, and
adjudge as to the slaves found therein in like manner, and under such
and the like rules and regulations as are contained in any Act or Acts
of Parliament in force in relation to the suppression of the Slave Trade
by British-owned ships, as fully as if all the powers and provisions
contained in such Acts were re-enacted in this Act as to such High
Court of Admiralty or Courts of Vice-Admiralty.
III. And be it enacted. That every person who shall wilfully and
corruptly give false evidence in any examination or deposition had or
affidavit taken in any proceeding under the said Engagements or this
Act, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, being thereof convicted,
shall be subject and liable to all the punishments, pains and penalties
to which persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are liable; and
every such person may be tried for any such perjury, either in the place
where the offence was committed, or in any colony or settlement of
Her Majesty near thereto in which there is a Court of competent
jurisdiction to try any such offence, or in Her Majesty's Court of
Queen's Bench of England ; and that in case of any prosecution for
such offence in Her Majesty's said Court of Queen's Bench, the venue
may be laid in the County of Middlesex.
IV. And be it enacted, That the pendency of any suit or proceeding
instituted for the condemnation or restitution of any ship or cargo, or
slaves, taken, seized, or detained by virtue of the said Agreements, or
the final adjudication, condemnation, or judgment or determination
thereupon, may be pleaded in bar or given in evidence under the gene
ral issue, and shall be deemed in any Court whatever to be a complete
bar in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether instituted by any person
or persons for the recovery of any such ship, vessel, or cargo, or of any
damage, or for any injury sustained thereby, or by the persons on
board the same, in consequence of any capture, seizure, or detention, or
anything done under or in pursuance of the provisions of the said
Agreements.
V. And be it enacted. That any ship or vessel which shall be
condemned as aforesaid may be taken into Her Majesty's Service,
upon payment of such sum as the Lord High Admiral or the Lords
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).

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1 volume (364 folios)
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The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.

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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.

The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.

Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.

The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.

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