COINAGE ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1904.* AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Present: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, by Order dated the 19th day of November, 1902, (in this Order referred to as the principal Order,) made provisions respecting the currency of coins in His Majesty's Protectorate of Northern Nigeria : And whereas it appears to His Majesty to be desirable to make further and other provision respecting the currency of the Protectorate: NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers vested in Him by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1.-(1.) The High Commissioner may, by Proclamation made with the approval of the Treasury and a Secretary of State, make such provision as he thinks necessary or expedient for the replacement of any coins not being legal tender under the principal Order, or of any other forms of native currency which were in circulation in the Protectorate prior to the commencement of that Order, by coins which are legal tender under that Order, and in particular may-— (a.) Prohibit the importation of those coins or forms of native currency or any of them; and (b.) Provide that those coins or forms of native currency or any of them shall be legal tender, as well as coins which are legal tender under the principal Order during a time in the places, and in the circumstances, specified in the Proclamation; and (c.) Fix the rate of exchange between any coin or form of native currency which is so legal tender and coins which are legal tender by virtue of the principal Order; and Came into operation on 1st August, 1904. See Gazette Extraordinary of August 1st, 1904. See also Coinage Order in Council, 1902, supra. (d) Provide for giving coins which are legal tender under the principal Order in exchange for any coin or form of native currency, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the Proclamation. (2.) The Articles numbered 5 and 6 of the principal Order shall cease to have effect. 2. This Order shall be read as part of the principal Order, and shall come into operation on the first day of August, 1904, or any earlier date on which it is proclaimed in the Protectorate by the High Commissioner. And the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the requisite directions herein accordingly. A. W. FITZROY. THE BRITISH PROTECTORATES NEUTRALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1904. AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Short title of Order. Application of Order. Commence- Penalty on enlistment in service of foreign state. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the regulation of the conduct of the inhabitants of British Protectorates and other persons residing therein, during the existence of hostilities between foreign states with which His Majesty is at peace: It is hereby ordered by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, as follows: Preliminary. 1. This Order in Council may be cited for all purposes as "The British Protectorates Neutrality Order in Council, 1904." 2. This Order shall extend to all the Protectorates of His Majesty, including the adjacent territorial waters, enumerated in the Schedule to this Order. 3. This Order shall be proclaimed in every British Protectorate by the Governor thereof as soon as may be after he receives notice of this Order, and shall come into operation in that British Protectorate on the day of such Proclamation, and the time at which this Order comes into operation in any place is, as respects such place, in this Order referred to as the commencement of this Order. Illegal Enlistment. 4. If any person, without the license of His Majesty, being a British subject or a native of a Protectorate, either within or without the Protectorate, accepts or agrees to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any foreign state at peace with His Majesty, and in this Order referred to as a friendly state, or whether a British subject or not within the Protectorate, induces any other person to accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any such foreign state as aforesaid :— He shall be guilty of an offence against this Order and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour. Penalty on leaving the Protectorate with intent 5. If any person, without the license of His Majesty, being a British subject or a native of a Protectorate, quits or goes on board any ship with a view of quitting a Protectorate, with intent to accept any commission or engagement in the military or to serve a naval service of any foreign state at war with a friendly state, or foreign state whether a British subject or not, within a Protectorate, induces any other person to quit or to go on board any ship with a view of quitting a Protectorate with the like intent: He shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour. persons under 6. If any person induces any other person to quit a Protec- Penalty on torate or to embark on any ship within a Protectorate under a embarking misrepresentation or false representation of the service in which false represuch person is to be engaged, with the intent or in order that sentations as such person may accept or agree to accept any commission engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state. at war with a friendly state : or He shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour. to service. 7. If the master or owner of any ship, without the license of Penalty on His Majesty, knowingly either takes on board, or engages to take taking illeon board, or has on board such ship within a Protectorate any of the following persons, in this Order referred to as illegally enlisted board ship. persons, that is to say : (1.) Any person who, being a British subject or a native of a Protectorate, within or without a Protectorate, has without the license of His Majesty accepted or agreed to accept gally enlisted persons on Penalty on illegal shipbuilding and illegal expeditions. any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state; (2.) Any person, being a British subject or a native of a Protectorate who, without the license of His Majesty, is about to quit a Protectorate with intent to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with a friendly state; (3.) Any person who has been induced to embark under a misrepresentation or false representation of the service in which such person is to be engaged, with the intent or in order that such person may accept or agree to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with a friendly state; Such master or owner shall be guilty of an offence against this Order, and the following consequences shall ensue; that is to say : (1.) The offender shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour; and (2.) Such ship shall be detained until the trial and conviction or acquittal of the master or owner, and until all penalties inflicted on the master or owner have been paid, or the master or owner has given security for the payment of such penalties to the satisfaction of a magistrate; and (3.) All illegally enlisted persons shall immediately on the discovery of the offence be taken on shore, and shall not be allowed to return to the ship. Illegal Shipbuilding and Illegal Expeditions. 8. If any person within a Protectorate, without the license of His Majesty, does any of the following acts; that is to say :(1.) Builds or agrees to build, or causes to be built any ship with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same shall or will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state; or (2.) Issues or delivers any commission for any ship with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same shall or will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state; or |