To call in assistance and use force. the said Nana to report himself daily or weekly or to have leave or to reside in any particular spot, or to conduct himself in any particular way or not to hold intercourse with any specified person or persons; and such warrant as aforesaid addressed to the master of any British vessel or any other person or persons shall be sufficient authority to the person or persons named therein to remove, detain and convey the said Nana to any place in the Gold Coast Colony and to deliver him into such custody as may be named in the said warrant. 4. All or any person or persons named in such warrant or warrants may call to his or their aid or assistance any person or persons for detaining and keeping the said Nana in custody as aforesaid or for removing or conveying him as aforesaid as occasion may require. And all and any such person or persons so named in such warrant or warrants and all and every person or persons who shall be called to his or their aid or assistance shall have full power and authority to use all ways and means for detaining and keeping the said Nana in such custody, and for the prevention of the rescue or escape of the said Nana from and out of such custody, and for the retaking of the said Nana in case he shall be rescued or escape from and out of the same, as might be lawfully used in arrest, detention or No. 12 of 1892. recapture under Section 63 of the Criminal Code. No writ of to issue. 5. No writ of habeas corpus or other process calling in habeas corpus question the legality of or other matter connected with the reception, detention or deportation of the said Nana shall have any effect within the Colony. The Governor may Other process also order any other legal process taken out by, or served on or against the said Nana not to be executed or if executed to have no effect within the Colony. may be ordered to cease. Short title. 6. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Nana Detention Ordinance, 1896." ASHANTI POLITICAL PRISONERS. Ordinance No. 12 of 1896. AN ORDINANCE to confer upon the Governor the necessary WHEREAS it is expedient that certain political offenders, Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1. All acts done, permitted to be done, or sanctioned by Past acts the Governor with respect to the arrest and detention of legalized. the said Kwaku Foku and Boatin (hereinafter called the said political prisoners) or either of them prior to the passing of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be legal and valid as if the same had been done, permitted to be done, or sanctioned under the authority of the Legislature of the Colony, and no proceedings calling in question the legality of such acts shall have any effect whatsoever. the detention 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor to order the The Governor detention of the said political prisoners or either of them may authorize during Her Majesty's pleasure in any suitable place within and deportathe Colony, and from time to time to change such place of ton of politi detention, and also to deport the said political prisoners or either of them to any place without the Colony where provision has been made for his or their detention in lawful custody. warrant suffi 3. A warrant under the hand of the Governor addressed Governor's to any District Commissioner, or to any person having cient authocharge of any of Her Majesty's forts or prisons in the rity for Colony shall be a sufficient authority for the District Com- detention and missioner or person named therein to detain the said political prisoners or either of them, and such warrant as afore deportation. Authority for removal of political prisoners. Custody of political prisoners. Penalty for said addressed to the master of any ship or to any other person shall be sufficient authority to the person named therein to convey the said political prisoners or either of them to the place named therein, and to deliver him or them into such custody as may be named in the said warrant. 4. The said political prisoners or either of them may at any time during his or their detention be removed from any one of the places of detention before mentioned to any other of the said places by warrant under the hand of the Governor addressed to the master of any ship or any other person; and the master of any ship or any other person to whom such warrant is addressed shall have power to convey the said political prisoners or either of them to such place and to deliver him or them to such authority as may be respectively named in such warrant. 5. The said political prisoners or either of them shall, if detained in any of Her Majesty's forts or prisons, be under the legal custody of the person having charge thereof, or if detained in any other place within the Colony shall be under the legal custody of the District Commissioner of the District within which such place may be situate. 6. Any person aiding or attempting to aid the said aiding escape. political prisoners or either of them to escape or to attempt to escape out of any lawful custody as aforesaid shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction thereof to imprisonment with or without hard labour for not exceeding two years. No writ of to issue. any term 7. No writ of habeas corpus or other process calling in habeas corpus question the legality of the arrest, detention or deportation of the said political prisoners or either of them or of any other matter connected therewith respectively shall have any effect within the Colony. Short title. 8. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Ashanti Political Prisoners Detention and Deportation Ordinance, 1896." REPRINT OF ORDINANCES. Ordinance No. 14 of 1896. AN ORDINANCE to provide for the Publication of a collected and revised edition of the Ordinances of the Colony. [23rd December, 1896. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the preparation and publication of a new and revised edition of the Statute Law of the Gold Coast Colony; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows: 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Reprint of Short title. Statutes Ordinance, 1896." appointed. 2.-(1.) The Chief Justice, William Brandford Griffith, Commissioner Esquire, is hereby appointed a Commissioner for the purpose of preparing a revised edition of the Ordinances of the Colony in force on the 31st day of December, 1897, or such later date as the Governor may fix by notification in the Gazette. (2.) In case the said William Brandford Griffith, Esquire, is unable from any cause to fully discharge his commission under this Ordinance the Governor may appoint some other fit and proper person or persons to be a Commissioner or Commissioners in his stead. (3.) If in such case more Commissioners than one are appointed the term "the Commissioner" as hereinafter used shall apply to such Commissioners. 3. In the preparation of the new edition the Commis- Powers of sioner shall have the following powers (1.) To omit (a) All repealing enactments contained in Ordi- Commissioner. References to tion to new edition. (6) All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances which have been expressly repealed or which have expired or have become spent or have had their effect. (c) Those words in any Ordinance which merely fix the date of the commencement of the Ordinance. (d) All words and enactments which refer exclusively to Lagos. (e) All amending Ordinances or parts of such Ordinances where the amendments effected by such Ordinances or parts of Ordinances have been embodied by the Commissioner in the Ordinances amended. (2.) To add short titles when required. 3.) To consolidate into one Ordinance two or more Ordinances in pari materiâ, making the alterations thereby rendered necessary in the consolidated Ordinance. 4.) To supply or alter marginal notes. (5.) To alter the order of sections in any Ordinance and in all cases where desirable to do so to renumber the sections of any Ordinance. (6.) To alter the form or arrangement of any section of an Ordinance either by combining it in whole or in part with another section or other sections, or by dividing it into two or more subsections. (7.) To correct grammatical and typographical mistakes in the existing copies of Ordinances, and for that purpose to make verbal additions, omissions or alterations not affecting the meaning of any enactment. (8.) And to do all other things relating to form and method which may be necessary for the perfecting of the new edition. 4. Where in any enactment or in any document of have applica- whatever kind reference is made to any enactment affected by or under the operation of this Ordinance, such reference shall, where necessary and practicable, be deemed to extend and apply to the corresponding enactment in the new edition. |