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A.D. 1840.]
ACT XVI.
91
See ActXVHI.
I845.
A.D. 1840. ACT XVI.
AN ACT C2272gg7'722722/ Mg Af22722Z^g772g72^ o/* 6h72g2C^' ^7*2272 ^7277^g2^ 2^27 M*Mgg.S' 2g2M272
Mg 27/Mg ^22^^-7722/222 (70222^2272^; PASSED <^/ Mg 7?2^A/77oT20227'-
22^/g Mg (?0Pg7'7207*-(7g72g7*Z2/ 27/* 772^222 272 (7o?272g2/, 2772 Mg SfJ 27/* At 222/22,s/,
1840.
I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen touching the legal mode of treating
convicts transported to places within the territories of the East-India
Company, and it is expedient to modify the rules which have heretofore
been followed with regard to the management of such convicts:
It is hereby declared and enacted, that as soon as any offender shall be
delivered to the person or persons to be appointed by the Governor-General
in Council on that behalf, at the place to which he is transported, the
property in the service of such offender shall be vested in such person or
persons during the term of transportation.
II. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for
the Governor-General in Council to appoint the governor or other autho-
rity at any place within the territories of the East-India Company, or to
appoint one or more superintendents at any such place, as the persons to
whom convicts undergoing transportation shall be delivered, and in whom
the property in the service of such convicts shall be vested as aforesaid.
III. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for
the Governor-General in Council to issue orders from time to time to any
such governor, authority, or superintendent, and which orders are hereby
required to be duly executed, and to frame rules touching the classifica-
tion of convicts, their confinement, treatment, and discipline, and touching
such moderate correction as may be necessary in cases of misbehaviour
and disorderly conduct, and of neglect or disobedience in the service of
those persons in whom the property of such service may be vested as
aforesaid.
IV. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that all persons who have
heretofore been transported to any place within the territories of the East-
India Company, and whose terms of transportation are not yet expired,
shall be subject to the provisions contained in this Act; and nothing
heretofore done with respect to offenders who have been so transported in
conformity with the provisions of this Act, or by the orders or with
the sanction of Government, shall be called in question in any court of
law
N 2
Preamble.
The services of trans-
ported convicts belong
to the person appointed
by the Governor-Gene-
ral in Council.
appoint persons to re-
ceive convicts.
Council may frame
rules for the treatment
of transported con-
victs.
This Act to apply to
convicts now enduring
transportation.
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ACT XVI.
91
See ActXVHI.
I845.
A.D. 1840. ACT XVI.
AN ACT C2272gg7'722722/ Mg Af22722Z^g772g72^ o/* 6h72g2C^' ^7*2272 ^7277^g2^ 2^27 M*Mgg.S' 2g2M272
Mg 27/Mg ^22^^-7722/222 (70222^2272^; PASSED <^/ Mg 7?2^A/77oT20227'-
22^/g Mg (?0Pg7'7207*-(7g72g7*Z2/ 27/* 772^222 272 (7o?272g2/, 2772 Mg SfJ 27/* At 222/22,s/,
1840.
I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen touching the legal mode of treating
convicts transported to places within the territories of the East-India
Company, and it is expedient to modify the rules which have heretofore
been followed with regard to the management of such convicts:
It is hereby declared and enacted, that as soon as any offender shall be
delivered to the person or persons to be appointed by the Governor-General
in Council on that behalf, at the place to which he is transported, the
property in the service of such offender shall be vested in such person or
persons during the term of transportation.
II. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for
the Governor-General in Council to appoint the governor or other autho-
rity at any place within the territories of the East-India Company, or to
appoint one or more superintendents at any such place, as the persons to
whom convicts undergoing transportation shall be delivered, and in whom
the property in the service of such convicts shall be vested as aforesaid.
III. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that it shall be lawful for
the Governor-General in Council to issue orders from time to time to any
such governor, authority, or superintendent, and which orders are hereby
required to be duly executed, and to frame rules touching the classifica-
tion of convicts, their confinement, treatment, and discipline, and touching
such moderate correction as may be necessary in cases of misbehaviour
and disorderly conduct, and of neglect or disobedience in the service of
those persons in whom the property of such service may be vested as
aforesaid.
IV. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that all persons who have
heretofore been transported to any place within the territories of the East-
India Company, and whose terms of transportation are not yet expired,
shall be subject to the provisions contained in this Act; and nothing
heretofore done with respect to offenders who have been so transported in
conformity with the provisions of this Act, or by the orders or with
the sanction of Government, shall be called in question in any court of
law
N 2
Preamble.
The services of trans-
ported convicts belong
to the person appointed
by the Governor-Gene-
ral in Council.
appoint persons to re-
ceive convicts.
Council may frame
rules for the treatment
of transported con-
victs.
This Act to apply to
convicts now enduring
transportation.
4