'File 18/54 II (A 90) Muscat Order in Council' [‎119r] (268/359)

those Legislatures which applies or may be applied to Muscat
shall, subject to the provisions of this Article, also applv to
Muscat.
12.—(i) The following enactments shall apply to Muscat «
if it were a British Colony or Possession but Lb^cUo ftTprt
visions of this Order and to the exceptions, adaptations, and
modifications specified in sub-article (2) of this Article and
in Article 23 below: —
(i) 0ffenCeS (Colonial ) Acts ' i8 49 and
(ii) The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act, 1856 { b ).
(iii) The Evidence by Commission Acts, i 8 sq and
1885( c ).
(iv) The British Law Ascertainment Act, i859( d ).
(v) The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, i88i( e ).
(vi) The Fugitive Offenders Act, i86i( f ).
(vii) The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Part XIII.
(2) (i) References in any of the said Acts to the Governor
of a Colony or British Possession, to a Superior Court or
Supreme Court, and to a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace of
a Colony or British Possession shall be construed respectively
as references to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Chief Court and the
District Court.
(ii) With respect to the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881;—
(a) So much of the 4th and 5th sections of the said Act as
relates to sending a report of the issue of a warrant
together with the information or a copy thereof, or to
the sending of a certificate of committal and report of
a case, or to the information to be given by a Magis
trate to a fugitive, shall be excepted, and in lieu of
such information the person acting as the Magistrate
shall inform the fugitive that in the British Possession
to which he may be conveyed he has the right to
apply for a writ of habeas corpus or other Jike
process.
(b) So much of the 6th section of the said Act as requires
the expiration of fifteen days before issue 01 \\arran
shall be excepted.
(a) 12 & 13 Vict. c. 96, 23 & 24 Vict. c. 122. (b) 19 & 20 A ict. c. 113.
(C) r 48 &49 Vict. 0,74. ? 44 S 45 ««• ^
(o) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 11. ^ ; ^
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