FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

No. 1 of 1874.

An Ordinance to control recruiting for the service of foreign
states.
[16th Novemeber, 1874.]

WHEREAS it is expedient that the Governor should exercise full
control over recruiting in this Colony for the service of foreign
states:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreign Recruiting
Ordinance, 1874.

* As amended by Law Am. Ord., 1923.
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.


2. In this Ordinance, foreign state includes any peson
exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government
in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond
the limits of this Colony.

3. If any person is, within this Colony, obtaining or
attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any foreign
state in any capacity, the governor may, by order, either
prohibit such person from so doing or permit him to do so
subject to any conditions which he thinks fit to impose.

4. The Governor may by gneral order notified in the
Gazette, either prohibit recuiting for the service of any
foreign state or mpose upon such recruiting any conditions
which he tinks fit.
[s. 5, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]

6. Every person who, in violation of the prohibiiton of the
Governor or of any condition subject to which permission to
recruit may have been accorded,-

(1) induces or attempts to induce any person to accept or
agree to accept, or to proceed to any place with a view to
obtainng, any commission or employment in the service of
any foreign state; or

(2) knowingly aids in the engagement of any person so
induced, by forwarding or conveying him or by advancing
money or in any other way whatever,

shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
seven years, and to a fine of such amount as the court thinks
fit.
[s.7, rep. No. 62 of 1911.]
[Originally No. 7 of 1874. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Powers as to recruiting individuals. Power as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

[Originally No. 7 of 1874. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. Powers as to recruiting individuals. Power as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

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