And whereas by an Ordinance, numbered 8 of 1914, enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, the short title of which is "The Extradition Ordinance (Ashanti), 1914," it is provided that "all powers vested in and acts authorized or required to be done by a Police Magistrate or any Justice of the Peace in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals in the United Kingdom under The Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1906,' are hereby vested in and may in Ashanti be exercised and done by any provincial, travelling, or district Commissioner of Ashanti, or the Police Magistrate, Coomassie, in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals under the said Acts;"

And whereas it is further provided by the said Ordinance that the said Ordinance shall not come into operation until His Majesty shall, by Order in Council, direct that the said Ordinance shall have effect within Ashanti as if it were part of "The Extradition Act, 1870," but that the said Ordinance shall thereafter come into operation as soon as such Order in Council shall have been published in the Gold Coast Government Gazette, and with effect from the date of such publication thereof:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of "The Extradition Act, 1870," and in exercise of the power in that behalf in the said Act contained, doth by this present Order, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, direct that the said Ordinance shall have effect in Ashanti, without modification or alteration, as if it were part of "The Extradition Act, 1870."

And the Right Honourable Lewis Harcourt, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL regulating British Jurisdiction within the Protectorate of Egypt. London, February 16, 1915.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of February,

WHEREAS the jurisdiction which by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty the King enjoyed within the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman * "London Gazette," February 16, 1915.

Porte has heretofore been exercised in Egypt in accordance with the provisions of "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910,”* and certain other Orders of His Majesty in Council;

And whereas a state of war has existed between His Majesty and the Sultan of Turkey as from the 5th day of November, 1914;

And whereas the suzerainty of Turkey over Egypt was terminated, and Egypt was placed under the protection of His Majesty, and has constituted a British Protectorate as from the 18th day of December, 1914;

And whereas on the 9th day of February, 1915, His Highness Prince Hussein Kamel Pasha, Sultan of Egypt, was pleased to issue a Decree in the following terms :

"Nous, Sultan d'Égypte, considérant que les modifications à apporter aux institutions judiciaires et autres, du pays, en vertu du nouveau régime, exigent un examen approfondi dont l'achèvement sera nécessairement retardé par l'état de guerre actuel :

"Sur la proposition de notre Conseil des Ministres, décrétons: "ARTICLE 1er.Jusqu'à ce qu'il soit décidé autrement et sous réserve de toute mesure prise par les autorités militaires en vue de l'état de siège, les juridictions d'exception reconnues jusqu'ici en Égypte continueront de jouir des attributions dont elles jouissaient au moment de la cessation de la souveraineté

ottomane.

"A cet effet il est provisoirement octroyé auxdites juridictions, ainsi qu'aux autorités par l'entremise desquelles elles s'exercent, toute compétence, toutes attributions qu'elles tiraient jusqu'ici des traités, firmans, et Bérats ottomans.

"ARTICLE 2.-Nos Ministres sont chargés chacun en ce qui le concerne de l'exécution de la présente Loi."

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"+ or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The limits of this Order are the territories under the sovereignty of His Highness the Sultan of Egypt, but do not extend to any place south of the 22nd parallel of north latitude.

2. Subject to the provisions of this Order, the Orders in Council set out in the Schedule hereto, and any King's Regulations, Rules of Court, Orders, Rules, Instructions, or other enactments made or issued under or in pursuance of any of the said Orders in Council shall, to the extent to which they were formerly in force in Egypt, be in force in Egypt, and His Majesty's jurisdiction in Egypt shall be exercised in accordance therewith; and any provision of the said Orders in Council, King's Regulations, Rules of Court, Orders, Rules, or Instructions, or other enactments which was formerly in force in Egypt,

Vol. CIII, page 181.

+ Vol. LXXXII, page 656.

shall be read and construed with such alterations and adaptations as may be necessary for the purposes of. this Order.

3. The words "High Commissioner for Egypt" shall be substituted for the words 66 Agent for Egypt," the words "His Majesty's High Commissioner for Egypt" for the words "His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General for Egypt," and the words "Staff of the High Commissioner for Egypt 66 or High Commissioner for Egypt" for the word "Agency," as the case may require, whenever the said words occur in any of the instruments enforced by Article 1 of this Order in Egypt.

4. The Court established under Article 8 of "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," shall for the purposes of this Order be styled "His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for Egypt," and the Judge and Assistant Judge at present appointed under the said article shall, without further appointment, be the Judges of the said Court, and any Registrar, marshal, officers, clerks, and other officials at present appointed under Article 12 of the said Order in Council to act in Egypt shall, without further appointment, continue to hold their respective offices under the Court.

5. The Supreme Court shall ordinarily sit at Alexandria.

6. The jurisdiction of all provincial and local Courts appointed in Egypt under Articles 17 or 19 of "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," shall continue, and all persons at present appointed to perform in any of such Courts the duties and to exercise the powers imposed and conferred upon the Registrar and marshal shall, without further appointment, continue to perform the said duties and to exercise the said powers.

7. For the purposes of this Order, Article 76 (3) of "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," shall be read and construed as if the words "The Sublime Ottoman Porte or" and "The Sublime Ottoman Porte and its subjects or" were omitted.

8. For the purposes of this Order, the following provision is substituted for Article 77 (1) of "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910."

"If a British subject—

"(i.) Publicly derides, mocks, or insults any religion established or observed in Egypt or within the Ottoman dominions; or

"(ii.) Publicly offers insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony established or kept in Egypt, or within the Ottoman dominions, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary belonging to or revered by those professing any religion established or observed in Egypt or within the Ottoman dominions, or belonging to the ministers or professors thereof, whether such place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary be in Egypt, within the Ottoman dominions, or elswhere; or

แ (iii.) Publicly and wilfully commits any act tending to bring any religion established or observed in Egypt, or within the Ottoman dominions, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observances, into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace;

"he shall, on conviction thereof before the Supreme Court or a Provincial Court, be liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without a fine not exceeding 1007., or to a fine alone not exceeding 1007."

9.-(1.) No proceedings which may have been taken in Egypt before any Court established under "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," previous to the making of this Order shall be questioned upon the ground of any lack of authority on the part of the Court in or before which, or of the Judge or officer before whom, such proceedings were taken.

(2.) Where any proceedings have been commenced in Egypt in any Court established under "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," and are still pending at the date of this Order, all steps taken in the course of such proceedings shall be deemed to be valid, provided that they would have been valid if taken after the date of this Order.

(3.) Any act done by any Judge, consular officer, or other person in Egypt before the making of this Order, which would have been valid if done after the making of this Order, shall be deemed to have been valid, and no action shall be entertained in any Court against such Judge, officer, or person in respect of any such act.

10. This Order shall come into force forthwith.

11. This Order may be cited as "The Egypt Order in Council, 1915."

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

SCHEDULE.

"The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910."

"The Foreign Jurisdiction (Admiralty) Order in Council, 1910.”*

BRITISH PROCLAMATION relating to Trading with the Enemy in Occupied Territory.-London, February 16, 1915.†

GEORGE, R.I.

WHEREAS, as a result of the present war, certain territory forming part of the territory of an enemy country, is or may be in the effective military occupation of us or our Allies, or of a neutral State (in this Proclamation referred to as territory in

* Vol. CIII, page 177.
+"London Gazette," February 16, 1915.

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friendly occupation"), and certain territory forming part of our territory or of that of an allied or neutral State, is or may be in the effective military occupation of an enemy (in this Proclamation referred to as "territory in hostile occupation");

And whereas it is expedient in our interest and in that of our Allies that the Proclamations relating to trading with the enemy should apply to territory in friendly occupation as they apply to our territory or that of our Allies, and should apply to territory in hostile occupation as they apply to an enemy country:

Now, therefore, we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation declaring, and it is hereby declared, as follows:

1. The Proclamations for the time being in force relating to trading with the enemy shall apply to territory in friendly occupation as they apply to our territory or that of our Allies, and to territory in hostile occupation as they apply to an enemy country.

2. Any references to the outbreak of the war in any Proclamation so applied shall, as respects territory in friendly or hostile occupation, be construed as references to the time at which the territory so became in friendly or hostile occupation.

3. The certificate of any person authorized by a Secretary of State to give such certificates that any territory is in friendly or hostile occupation within the meaning of this Proclamation, or as to the time at which any territory so became or ceased to be territory in friendly or hostile occupation, shall, for the purposes of this Proclamation, be final and conclusive.

4. Nothing in this Proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which may be expressly permitted by our licence or by a licence given on our behalf by a Secretary of State, or the Board of Trade, or the Lords Commissioners of our Treasury, whether such licences be specially granted to individuals or be announced as applying to classes of persons, or to prohibit any special arrangements which may be made by any such licence or otherwise with our authority for special treatment of any occupied territory or persons in any such occupied territory entitled to such special treatment.

5. This Proclamation shall be called "The Trading with the Enemy (Occupied Territory) Proclamation, 1915."

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace this 16th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1915, and in the 5th year of our reign.

God save the King!