FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

FOREIGN RECRUITING ORDINANCE, 1874

No. 1 of 1874.

To control Recruiting for the service of Foreign States.
[16th November, 1874.]
WHEREAS it is Recruiting that the Governor should exercise full
control over recruiting in this Colony for the service of Foreign
States:-

1. The Foreign Recruiting 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 Colorly.

3. If any person is, within this Colony, obtaining or attempting
to obtain recrults for tht, 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 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 re-
cruit may have been accorded,-
(1) induces or attempts to induce any person to accept or agree
to accept, or to procced 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 an

other way whatever,
shall be liable to imprisoninent for any period not exceeding 7
years, and to a fine of such amount as the Court thinks fit.
[s. 7, rep. No. G2 of 1911.]

Short title. Interpretation of terms. Power as to recruiting individuals. Powers as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

Short title. Interpretation of terms. Power as to recruiting individuals. Powers as to recruiting generally. Punishment of offences.

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