3. The Office of the Commissioner of Police at Zungeru is hereby Public declared to be the Public Warehouse of the Protectorate for the warehouses. deposit, registration, and marking of arms of precision, and of ammunition within the meaning of section 4 of the Proclamation; and the Offices of the Assistant Commissioner of Police at Lokoja, and of the District Superintendent of Police in each province, to be temporary Public Warehouses.

4. Under section 22 of the said Proclamation, Residents in Permits to charge of provinces are hereby appointed to be registrars of arms bear arms. in their provinces, and the Commissioner of Police and Assistant Commissioner of Police within the Cantonments of Zungeru and Lokoja, and to grant Permits under the conditions of the Proclamation: Provided that all Permits to natives will be granted only pending sanction of the High Commissioner.

If a native on the recommendation of a Resident shall have been approved by the High Commissioner as a fit and proper person to bear arms of precision a permit may be granted to him, and the arms shall be deposited in the temporary Public Warehouse of the province and duly marked with a consecutive number and the initials of the province and recorded in the Register.

5. A General Register of Arms will be kept by the Commissioner General of Police, and Residents will notify to him as soon as possible register. after the last day of each quarter (on the form below), all Permits issued by them during the quarter for record in the Protectorate Register. In the absence of the Commissioner of Police the officer representing him will act as Registrar of Arms.

6. It will be the duty of the Marine Department to see that Rendition of no arms are exported from the Protectorate on any Government Permits. vessel until the Permit to bear them has been rendered to the Marine Superintendent for transmission by him to the Commissioner of Police. This rule will in no way interfere with the general duty of the Police in seeing that arms are not imported on any vessel without proper authority and license, or exported without rendering up the Permit to bear.

On receipt of an expired Permit, showing that the arms therein authorised have been exported from the Protectorate, the Registrar of Arms will rule through the entry in red ink in the General Register of Arms. In the event of any holder of a Permit leaving the Protectorate without returning his Permit and accounting for his arms it will be his duty to report the circumstance to the Secretary for the information of the High Commissioner.

7. Persons holding Permits to bear arms of precision shall be Misuse of bound when called upon by any authorised persons to produce the said arms, and if they have sold, transferred or given them away, without permission, or have lost them, and not reported the fact to the proper authority, they will be proceeded against under section 17 of the Proclamation. It is the duty of the Police to

Annual return of

armis.

Ports of entry for arms.

verify the accuracy of the Register from time to time by calling upon holders of arms of precision to produce their arms and permits.

8. The Commissioner of Police will render to the High Commissioner annually as soon as possible after December 31st in each year a return showing the number of registered arms in the Protectorate, distinguishing the class of firearms and the number held by (a) Europeans, (b) coloured Non-natives, and (c) Natives.

9. The places at which firearms and ammunition may be introduced into the Protectorate by land from neighbouring countries in accordance with section 4 of the Proclamation shall be all places declared by Gazette Notice to be Customs Stations.

RETURN OF ARMS REGISTERED IN THE PROVINCE OF

During the Quarter ending

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RULES FOR WITHDRAWAL OF TRADE POWDER
UNDER PROCLAMATION No. 1 OF 1901.

1. Not more than 500 lbs. of gunpowder may be drawn from any licensed private warehouse at one time.

2. All kegs of powder shall be plainly marked at each end and numbered so that they may be identified as having been sold by the holder of any license-Schedule "A."

COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY.

PROCLAMATION No. 3 OF 1901*

A PROCLAMATION to enable the High Commissioner to issue Commissions of Inquiry with special powers.

[31st March, 1901.

BE IT ENACTED by the High Commissioner of Northern

Nigeria as follows:

1. This Proclamation may be cited as the "Commissions of Short title. Inquiry Proclamation, 1901.”

2. It shall be lawful for the High Commissioner, whenever he shall deem it desirable, to issue a Commission directing one or more Officers in the public service of the Protectorate or any quorum of them therein mentioned to hold a Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of any officer in the public service of the Protectorate, or of any native king or chief, or the management of any department of the public service, or of any local institution, or into any matter in respect of which, in his opinion, an inquiry would be for the public welfare. Each such Commission shall specify the subjects of inquiry, and may, in the discretion of the High Commissioner, if there is more than one Commissioner, direct which Commissioner shall be chairman, and direct where and when such inquiry shall be made and the report thereof rendered, and prescribe how such Commission shall be executed. Such inquiry shall be held in public unless the High Commissioner shall give a direction to the contrary, but the Commissioners shall nevertheless be entitled to exclude any particular person or persons for the preservation of order, for the due conduct of the inquiry, or for any other

reason.

Power to

issue commissions of

inquiry.

alterations.

3. In case any person appointed to act on a Commission shall New Combe or become unable to act or shall die, the High Commissioner missioners and may appoint another person in his place, and any such Commission may be altered or revoked, as the High Commissioner may see fit, by notification in the Gazette.

4. No Commission issued under this Proclamation shall lapse by reason of, or be otherwise affected by, the death, absence or removal of the High Commissioner issuing the same.

* Amended by No. 23 of 1904.

Commissions not affected

by change of High Commissioner.

Oaths of members.

Procedure.

Powers.

Counsel for accused.

Penalties for failure to attend, etc.

Report.

5. Every Commissioner appointed under this Proclamation shall take an oath that he will faithfully and impartially, and to the best of his ability, discharge the duties devolving upon him by virtue of such Commission, and, if the inquiry should not be held in public, that he will not divulge the proceedings or the vote or opinion of any Commissioner.

6. The Commissioners may make such rules for the conduct of the proceedings, the time and place of meeting and of adjournment as they may think fit, subject to the terms of their commission.

7. The Commissioners shall have the powers of a Provincial Court to summon witnesses, to call for the production of books and documents and to examine witnesses and parties concerned on oath, and no Commissioner shall be liable to any action or suit for any matter or thing done by him as such Commissioner.

All summonses issued hereunder shall be in the form set out in the Schedule hereto.

8. Any person whose conduct is the subject of inquiry under this Proclamation, and any other person by leave of the Commissioners, may be represented by Counsel.

9.-(1.) Any person summoned to attend or to produce documents

as aforesaid, and refusing or neglecting to do so, or refusing to answer questions put to him by or with the concurrence of the Commissioners or in any way insulting the Commissioners or any of them or interrupting the proceedings shall be liable to prosecution and on conviction before a Provincial Court to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds Provided always that no person shall be bound to incriminate himself, and every witness shall in respect of any evidence given by him before the Commission be entitled to the same privileges to which he would have been entitled if giving evidence before a Court of Justice.

(2.) Witnesses attending at the request of or upon summons by the Commissioners shall, subject to any order made by the Commissioners, be entitled to like expenses as if summoned to attend one of the Courts of the Protectorate in a criminal trial, and payment thereof shall be made in such manner as the High Commissioner may direct.

10. The Commissioners shall make a full report in writing of their proceedings, and shall record an opinion and reasons leading to their conclusions. Any member dissenting from the conclusions, or any part thereof, shall note the reason for such dissent.

SCHEDULE.

SUMMONS TO WITNESS.

To A.B. [name of person summoned, and his calling and residence if known]

You are hereby summoned to appear before [here name the Commissioners], appointed by the High Commissioner to inquire [state briefly the subject of the inquiry] at [place] upon the

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day of

o'clock, and to give evidence respecting such inquiry [if the person summoned is to produce any documents add] and you are required to bring with you [specify the books and documents required]. Therefore fail not at your peril.