FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

No. 1 of 1874.

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

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

1. This Ordinance niav be cited as the Foreign Recruitin-
Ordinance, 1874.
2. In this Ordinance, ' foreign,state ' includes any person
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 servied of, or for service
in, 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 general order notified in the
Gazette, either prohibit recruiting for the service of any foreign
state or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he
thinks fit.

[s. 5, rep. No. 62 Of 1911.]

6. Every person who, in violation of the prohibition 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
obtaining, 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. 1937.] Short title. Interpretation. Powers as to recruiting individuals. Powers as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

[Originally No. 7 of 1874. Law Rev. Ord. 1937.] Short title. Interpretation. Powers as to recruiting individuals. Powers as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

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