Slave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Act 1869
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Slave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Act, 1869
(32 & 33 Vict.) CHAP. 75.
An Act to regulate and extend the Jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar in regard to vessels captured on suspicion of being engaged in the Slave Trade, and for other purposes relating thereto.
[9th August 1869]
Whereas by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1843, it was amongst other things enacted ‘that it is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty to hold, exercise, and enjoy any power or jurisdiction which Her Majesty now hath or may a at any time hereafter have within any country or place out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the same and as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had acquired such power or jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory:’
And whereas by various treaties which have from time to time been made between Her Majesty and, the Sultan of Zanzibar, Her Majesty is empowered to exercise jurisdiction within the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar in regard to vessels captured on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade:
And whereas by an order of Her Majesty in Council dated the ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six it was amongst other things ordered that Her Majesty's Consul within the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar should, for and within the said dominions, and for vessels and persons coming within those dominions, and in regard to vessels captured on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade within those dominions, have all such jurisdiction as for the time being ordinarily belongs to Courts of Vice-Admiralty in Her Majesty's possessions abroad:
And whereas it is expedient to confirm and extend the jurisdiction conferred by the said order in Council upon Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar, and to regulate the exercise thereof, and to provide for the payment of bounties in respect of vessels condemned by Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as TheSlave Trade Jurisdiction (Zanzibar) Act, 1869.
2 Jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar in slave trade cases.
2. Her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar for the time being shall have, and shall be...
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