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Protectorate of 5outh-West flfrica, in f\/tiiita:ry Occupation of the Union Force:.

Published by Authority

IP' • , nee 6d Windhuk., 1st Septembu i92CY No. 35

.PR.OCLAJ•IAT.~ O ~S BY i;;s [j(;~!_i;-:i srn EU.\)1,: 1) f-10\\".~ i{]) L\CAM

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.H(; Y \L \'Jr ;JO fl! \:-- !J 1, i,i .!!. _.\1))11 \. tSTHATOH

OF Tl!E l' l',!)TU:TU!{ ·:i 1-: OF SULTil. WEST

AfltiL\ I:\' ;,i!UT\i{Y i: •JTP\TI!)'-: CJl-' THE

C'\"J()\ i-'<JHU·:s.

No. 32 of 19201

W HERL\S it is desirnbk 1,1 amend th•e law in force in tb: Protectorate relati; ;S: to the taxa1 i0n of landed rroperty, ..

NO\V T HEl-?.EFORE uader and bv \irtue of 1he powers in rn-e l.' e;;tecl I J,i berehy dedar·c-, prochim and make knO\\·n as iQ!iO\\·s :-

1. The provisions ot the lil ii:P-rial O rdinan ce for German Soufr-\Xf e,;t Atrka ;Jf the 19th M arch 1909 ,,vith am endments of the \ l !h OctrJlYer 1910 ,md 24t r. :\o\·embtr 1913 shali b<.: and are hereby amended as fo ilows :--(1; For fr. -e C},,·,-rnnr th t l\dministra1or i, :-;ub­

stituted. (2; for tbe Bezirks (Oistdq,;) Arnt is subs:titute<l

t~-ie 1\fagi s tra,te. (3) fo r tbe " Mark'' b sub,tituted the s11iii ing. (4) For the "Pknni~(' is sul,stitu ted ;he hundredth

nart ·ol a shilling.

(S) For L e "Commiss ion <!f -Appeal'' (Berufungs Kom mission) i~ substituted "the Administrator o r . such Board ot' r,ersu n,; as he may appoint in his s tead, \\·hose de,:i:.:ion shali be final".·

fo) S-edion 3 ot tLe Ordinance of t he 19th Nhrch · 1909, s ha i\ be and is l, ·: rebv amended bv the

addition or the words.'· -\roah, Betha11 \', ,\\aha­h:ohe an d \X/ a rm bad" l,,_,tween the \\·ord ' 'Lu­

duitzbuctt" and ·,Ii,. \\·ords '' . S -pfg". (7) The r,rovisions of ~- e{.'fa,,! -15 o f the Orcfo1ance

of the 19th March 191}9 .::l1all be and are hereb-y amei,d, d hy tl:e-: sub>·t;,,!LiOn in the last r:ara­grap~. thereot ' or the ,,·r;rds · 'to rhe official. trea :-: u ry ot th: Dh·isi c-11 '(District) or to the He,,d Treas1.:•ry ,it \\,'; . .,_huk" (an d ito Amts­k~ ~se :~:;:~- L'~z!rX:-, ~ ~ }i::~trikt:-;_:. ·~:d·er an Uit

H a ur,tkasse iH \Vindl:uk ot the words "lvlagis­trate ot the d is t rict in \Yhich the property i s s ituate".

(,3., Sections 10, l l, lti, 17, 18 and 20 :_of the Ordi11ance ,rjf th~~ 19th March 1909 shall be and are hereby repealed.

(9) Section 19 of the O rd inance of t h-e 19th March 1909 shall be and .is hereby r-epeale<l as foom ti,e -lth da_F of August 1914 and prescription shali be deemed to have ceased to run in resr,ect ot all amounts due and pa vab\e and not prescribed upon that d ate. ·

{10; Sedion 2 1 o f fre O rdinance of the 19th March 1909 shall be and •is hereby ame nded by the substitution of the \\·o rd -" La11<.l''for "a'· where it occurs b'!t\\'een th.e words "to avoid payment ol" a nd ' 'Ta:-; t:i ,\·Lich he is liable".

2. (1) for the p ur po se ot ascert,dni11g th·e value of p ropeny changing rroprieto rs otherwise than b\· m eans o f sale ancl purchase it shall he the ,duty oi ihe Magistnte 'Of _the district either lo claim duty ur.;on the amount for w hich such property is valu-ed

. for Municipal purposes where s.uch valuation exists or in any case to appoint some comp,etent and disinterested person to ascertain upo1i solemn decla ration th· just and fair value of such property and t he reason ab ie expenses of such rnluatLon shall h e rayable by the person cha(·g eable wit_h_the p ay ment ot the d uty, .the amount _of su ch tv1untc1pal valuation or the amou nt at which su ch \'alu ator shall yalue the said pro perty as t he case rnay be, shall be the amou nt .upon which duty s ll alf be ch argeab!e: provided that nothing h,erein con;tairted sha;J be held o r taken to pr~vent any person who shall consider himself aggrieved from bri nging in re\'ie\\' before anv court havrn;.;" jurisdiction the. valuation upon \\:hich duty has been claimed.

(2 \Vben in anv case o,f sale a nd purchas,e of ;,wperty (no t being a sale an d purchase by public aucfro n, rr1ade bo na f ide and \\·ithout collusion) it

·shali apper1r to the. Magistrate that the price or purchase \'alue .of the ·same L considerably less t•~;:in its iust <ind fair vaiue it shall be oornpetent fo:- the said ,\fagistratt ,tu cause a valuation of t\e ;;aid p ·o:; erty t<, be mad e in manner a nd -form as in Le iast precedin g ~-ection mentioned and in c;;:;.e the ,:ctlue so .a~-eertc1i11e:J sl1 alt c:-::ced the ~;·ntJLHH of t~·1;e :;~dd .:,r'.ct r,r r)u :~·,-ha~,e rn rn1 e~· ·ty

o-:ficia\ Oazdte, 1st September, i''.:;1J.

one third oi the anwunt oi such price or purc:us,e m-0ne~- then the amtrnnt of such valuai-ion shall b-e d eemed and taken to be the price or purchas•: mone,· oi' s uch prope1iy for the purr,oses of t(lis Prodamati,on and duty thereupon, to;:·eth er with the reasonable expenses of such ,·aluation, shall be payab'.e by the person charg{!able \\·ith the pay­ment of dutr; but in case such Ya!ue shall not exceed the said price ,Or purchase monc-.,· to thr. exte-it -oi on<.: · third ihereof, the tiuty sl1ail 0i:' recei\-cd uron su ch price ·-or r,:urchase money, am: the exrense of the .valuation shall be born~ by the Administrati,on; provided that nothing here.ir. contained shall be held or taken to pre\·ent any person who shall consider ,himself aggrieved from bringing· such valuati on in re\·iew b~fore an:,· (l()urt having jurisdiction. .

(3 Where s0mc addifrrn'li '?luabte con;.:.i~er: ah<m o ther than money shall b~ g1Y-e11 or prom1s.c,.1 or agr~J to be given by the purchiser to tho;:;,:-:-!~ or t,; anr other ,perso n, then the seller and the purchaser shall be resp.ecti\·dy at libert~· to put bY \\· ,n· of s,)lemn declara tion a \·,d ur: 111 mon.e\· upon such consideration and such \'aiue sha_ll h; added to the sum ,of money paid o r to be p,uo ana transfer duh· shall be pai<l upon th(•. conjnint antou nt and ·in case ,the said SP.Ii-er and purchaser sha]] not put the same valu e- th ereon then duty shall be paid upon the higher of ,he hrn nlue:-: so put, provided ihat the provisions of _th,: tw? last preceding sections of this P roclamaur)n -shah apply to the \·alue or niues so put in case it nr they shall appear to the Magistrate t,) b~ co;;­siderabh- less than the just or fair value or ::;ucn oonsidetation or in case the seller and purcha~e, shall not each of them put a Yalue thereupon.

(4) No valuation ot an_r property for tran;;itcr duty pu rpo~es shall be caJnble of being· ma~-.:: a t any time after any ,sum of money shall h~,-e been recei\·ed (except as a der-osit) as being_ tnr- tr~n"; fer duty payable up-on such prnperty, a tt-er a nria, receipt shall have been g ra n{\ed for such duty.

3. (1 · The transfer duty upon or in respect or immovab'.e pI'OJJerty shall be payab:-e (in the ab­sence of . special .agr,eement to the contrary ( aJ By the purchaser ◊f any such p roperty. (b1 By every pers•on becoming en·ti~led _t_o an:y 3uch

p-r-operty by way of exchange,_ donauon, '.eg-a,:y, testamentary or other inh!entance. or !l1 _any manner o therwise than through the medmrr, or br means ,of purchase and sale.

(c) By -~·ery pers:on .into whose name aJ~Y suci': property registered in the Deeds , Registry m this Protectorate in the name ot any o ther person shall be registered or t ransftned

within six months from 'the date of the saie, ex­chano-e donation. or other means -of acquisition,

t:, I ' h as the case .may be, and from and after t e ex• piration of such six :months and until payment or deposit of th·e amount of such duty interest there­upon at the rate of tweh1e pounds pe r centum per annum sh all be payable. and paid.

(2 As often as any contract of ~ale ,Jf a_n?' immovable property 5ha!l be ent~.red :n_to by _whc!1 oontrad it is stipulated that possesswn <)t 5UC'1

p110perty shall not ·he gi\.0en or that lhe ;;aid sah~ shall not take ~ffect until S•Jme tutun· date 1he date at which such contract was ent,ered into and not such fuuure date shall \ye the daic Yrom which the space or term -of six months mentiorwd in the last preceding sub-siecti,on shall ~)e r.-ck,)~ed

(3 As often as .any sale of rm.movab1e prop­erh shall be a conditi<Jnal sale then th<' sciid space ,or icrm of sh months ~hall h~gin t,'. he reck-oned from the da \· on winch ;ucn contract -0f sale wa,; first en tiered ini") '. "r<:,\·id~d :h:H i::

case an:,. such contract of sale shall become dfa­sol\:ed ~r reason of the happening of any dis­soivrng '.:ondition after the payment of transfe, duty th½'n upon proof given of such dissoluti i>i'. such du ~,.- shall be .returned.

_ ( 4 , F;.ir the p urposes of this S:ect ion the pnioc 0 1 si x nionths within which transfer duty may be accepteL_i free of interest shall cornmen r:e as fro;:: the firs i_ day of July 1920.

4. All d_ut?,;, and interest ;payable shall be paid to the Mag1s tr~te of the d istrict in \\·hich the propert:· tv., b e iransferred is situate who shall gi,·c, a receipt 1.or the same and no t ransfer of any such propert_, shall be made unless such receipt shaH haY~ b, '.°:l\ produced to and (.Ii-posited with the Reg-1str,;r of Deeds and until Land Tax and any 0H:cr d--bt d ue to the Admii,istration upon th,:­s:;:id pn~uerh- shall ha1·e been paid.

5. ?\o _M,i::2,i~ tratc shall grant a rcceip-t (c:xcq >t a receipt h)r mon-ey depositi•d for the amount ·c; any s11ch duh- .as aforesaid payable u pon or i1: resp{·d fJf an\' sale and purcha'>e of any suci: propert_1 as a\orcsaid until the seller shall ha\'e taken '•!1cl s ubscribed the form (Jf solemn d1 -darati•o q marked "A'' and until the purchase r shai! have tab·n and subscribed the form of sok'TIE dcdarati,on marked "8·' in the Schedule.

6. As otkq as it shall appear to the Magistrate tha: an~· ag:~-m, auctione·er, broker or othl'l' person acting f;-,r o r -on behalf of any such seller or ])llr­

ch~s7r ,,r any such property as af.9res aid has him­sel1 rn 1iis said capacity made a1·1ct enter<:d int·J the co11tract of sale or purchase then it shall br• lawful f.:1r such Ma2 istrate tD demand and recei\·;; the so'Lrnn declaratton of such agent, auctio111:er, broker :JI' 0;thcr perwn as aforesaid dther in lieu ol or in 1<lditio11 io thai of his princii>al according as sud; ;\\aMstra.tc shall under the circumstances deem fl t and the solemn doeclaratinn to he taken shall hi.: in the form "C'' in the Schedule.

7, Ii in an:,· case it shall be made to appear that th-~ seller ·rJ,. the purchaser of any such property has died or departed from .this terri tory \Yithout lrnsing taken a~, d subscribed the necessan- sol-emn de­daratio,, the Magistrate maf either ·dispc·.ns.e with such sr.iemn declaration or ·receiv.- in lieu thereof the soi,:mn dedaratkrn of such other p~rson as may ht: in a position to testify to the particular matters to he soet forth in s uch declara lion,

8. As ·ofwn as any • contract of sale Lt.pon ,1·hich transfe;: duty shall be payable, shall be sd aside or canGtlled or declared -or made \'Oicl by the j udgrnerit of any compet,ent couri, t he transkr duty upon Siich sal-e, if unpaid, shall not be payable; and if inid shall be .reiumed.

9. The pr, ,dsions of this .Proclamation, save anci e-xcept (a) th e _amendments specifo-d in sub-sections I

to T (inclusiYe' of ,Section 1, and (b) the repeal of the pt"riod of _prescrir tion by

s uh~ ecti,on 9 of Section 1, shall _ lh)t apply to any transaction upon which transtei: dut\· is leviabl·e nor in respect of any matter involving liability for Land Tax which t0,,,k place P•+or to the 1st day of January !920.

10. This Pioclamation ma,· be cited for all purposes as the ;' Taxation of Landed Property Amendm,·n: Proc.la;r\'.\tion. 1()2fl''.

GOD SA VE THE KINO.

Oiven Udder my hand a·!. Windhu l-; thi::, 17th day or July, l Wlt;

:.. H. L GORGES Adrninistrat-Y .

01ficiaI Gazette, Jst September, 1920. 1 -• l n:)

SCHEDULE. form"A''.

DECLARATION OF Sf::LLER. l, A. B. do sol,emnly and ;::inct:rHv declare than on

the . . . . .. . day of . - , . 19 ., and n:ot before, I sold to C. IJ the prope,•tv herein de:,cribed, t'iat is to· say (here ?'escri~e tht property;, and that the tull and true cons1dernt1on paS~ing to me for such ,sale is £ . . . . • . . . and I further declare that there is not any agre<:rnent, condition, or understanding betw,een me and th": said C.iD. where­byhe has r,aid. ,or i.s to pay, tom" o,: to an_v other person \\·homsoever for or in ,respect of or in connection with the purchase b..Y him of the ~aid Pruperty any sum 91 mon,ev over and above ,the said sm1~ of £ . . . . . .

A~d I further dedarie that I ha ,• e not 'recein:li and that I am not t,> receive, nor has any o ther poers.on Ftceived, nor is any ()ther pHson to reteiYe for my use or berneiit, or at my instance or F,-que3 t, any \'aluable wnsideration besides the said sun; of £ . . . . . .

And I diurther dedar,e that the S,iid C. D. is the only person who has ever µurcha5ed tht: said proper!:' from mt, and I never sold ;the samt· tt .. any other person. And l make this solemn declara1;.,-';1 consc!enticusly b t ;ievmg the same to ,b,· true.

U0

tclared betore me this . • 1-'.l •

A. B day of.

. :'1lagistrate or LonH,iissioner of Oaths.

Form"B·'. DECLARATION OF Pl ii<CHASER.

L C. D. do solemnly declare that on the. . . <laY of • . • . • • 19 . ., and 1; ,_,t before, 1 bought from A. B. the property herein dtosc~·ibed (he;e describe the property;:, and that the ful~ an1,1 true consideration gi\·en by me for such property \\·heth<'. r to the said A. B. or any other person in conm\ ho!l \\'ith such c;:1ie is £ . . . . . . ., and I furt!·,er declare that I have :10t, nor has any person to my knowiedge on mv ~c­rnunt, gi\,en, nor is ther.e by me ''J t· on my b<:half to bt gi\·en. any other valuable C<>D:':idi-ration for (,r in respect of or in connection \\'ith ti1e alknatio;i to me uf the said propt!rty ..

And I make ttis solemn d-e clar .. _tivn conscienti-c,us!y be;ie,·ing the same t-0 b<:· true.

Declared beio:·e me f-:is . . . . . 19 .

C. D. . day uf.

. .'\1agistrate ,or Comr.;1issioner of Oaths.

F -0 rm "C-'. DECLARATION OF SALE B\· AN AOE.:\'T.

I, • • • • • • d rJ S(•1maly and sinrerely tleclar;e that I have acted as the "irent (auciivneer o r b!'oker as t!,-e case ,Jnay h e) in n1aking t h1°. sal-e !or purchase, of certain . . . . . . . sold by , . . . to . . . and -that I kn~\\. of my own _knowledge the ii.mount. of the con­dderabon giv;en therefor. And I de. further ciedare that the said sale \\·as made on the . . . . . and not before and •that the sum Gf . . . . . is to the be;t of my knqwleuge a»(! b~li ef the foil and en tifi' consi<ler,:tion to be giv':n _in regard to the alien­ation of the said property ana th:.t to the best pf my know:edge and belief no furth.,r ~.,;r other Y<l!uable cortsideration has been gfren or i :. :1f r~ f'iven bv or or: behalf of the . said . . . . · --. for e r .in :-espect of the said 'property.

And I make thi·s sol,emn deda. ,\,~:iun comcienti,;;..isly b elieving t:·:e same to 1be t rue.

L,,c;a,eu betore m( 2 t . 19

~his .

\\agi.stratt or C<m1 ':1-i,;si:o:1er G" ()2th!!.

N-0. 33 of 1920. J . Under and bv virtue -0f the powers in mt: vested ·_by

sedi.on 2 (f; of ··the Magistrates' Courts Act 1917 of thie, Un•ion Par:iam(·nt as ,applied to the Prote•etorate bv s,ection 9 (1) 1of t he Administration of Justice Pro­ciamation 1919, I do hereby •appoint Kalkiontein North in tl1e District of OiDeo n as a place for the .holding of a p~riodica! court and .prescribe that the local l!m~ts within which the said periodical co~irt shall have JUrlS· diction s.ha!l be as 1delined in the sched ule attached hereto.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

(j;ven ut1dtr o: J u:;_y, 192u.

hand at \Vin<lhuk this 17th day

E. H

SCHEDULE.

L. OOROES Admin istrator.

Local iimits wifr,ir:: which :the Periodical Court at Kalk­fontein N,;;rth :shall hav,e j_urisdiction.

1. T i.at portion of the 1District oi Oibeoa comprised within the 1olhnving b-oundari;es :--

From the rwrthern beacon ;of the farm Narib J\.o. !(Iii ~en,e,ally , south-eastwards CQntinuing ;i long the bo.ur1dari,e~ of ;but exducling t he farms

~a rib No. 106 L rrnb No. 107 Da.bib ".xo. 112 Rietmond No. 116 farm N·o. 85 Barenklau No. 84 Sch-0::waide Nu. 82 Lauer,stei!, Nv. 81 Noib No. 80 Karaam No. 152 /1.ukam No. 154 Kubu;: No. 155

t <.1 the south-.ea£tern b eacon of tht: last-mentioned fr.rm: thence gene, aHy eastwards ;oontinuing along the boundar~es of and including the farms

_,\ubes ~ o. 157 Kowe,, No. 158

fo the ,;;(;ut>1 ,eastern beacon of the last-mentioned iarm ; thenoe eastwards to ·-a pofoi of latitude 25c 10' south -0n the ;border of the South-W,est Africa Protech.,rate ; thence northwards oontinuing .along tr.e border of ·t he South-West Africa Protect­o:ate w ?. point ~of lat itude 24,, south ; thence westwards to the north-eastern b eacon of th~ · farm Awadaob No. Hio, them.'«! continuing along -th,e boun<lan· ,>f and i.nclluding tlw farm Awadaob '.\'u ... HH; to t rre north-w:estern beacon of the last-mentioned farm, thence west\\'ards to the north-eaotern ·beacon of the farm Oams~h No. 12➔• them-e · geniera1ly westwards <.'Ond:1uing aipng t ht- boundaries of 'and including the farm s

Oamseb No. 124 .'\'\.uriiz No. 123 OLva No. 122 Korn,: No. 129 G a\e!1beck :"io. 121 Swartmodde,· No. 1 \4

110 foe suuti1-w:e~tern beawn of the farm Wohl­zufrieu1er1 No. 138 in ,fae Rehoboth Di~trid ; tht>nce nortr;-\v estwards contin u~ng along th>e.,boundary of but excluding the l a.rm Wohlzufrie<l·en No. 138 in the Rehobuth District to the nortb-western beacon vi the ;a:ot-mentioned farm ; thence w estwards to tf;e j::·oint "Gf: th~~ beginning.

2- Ttaf poni,on or the:Distrid of R1eho bloth domp-rised >,.vithi::c the iollowing bo undar.iie~ :-

from tl';e n·orth-western bearn:i -of tht: farm Kaukeru~ No. 14i 21enerally eastwards continuing along iLe b,1ur,dai'iie~ of and inducting the farms

Kauke,·m, No. 141 F.-.rm E N-0. 79 V·le,,\1(;n,t N"<.•. 1 i 4

4 17 ~. Official Ga.z<:tte, 1st September, 1920. ----:'.:.... ____________ _ Farm L N:). 113 Farm U N o. 112 Derm Wiest N :). 109 De rm Ost N o. 107 Gmn nab N,). 104 Neumark No. 1U3 Neu Loo11e :--fo. 97

to t he north~easicrn beacon of the last-mentioned farm ; tl ,enoe gene rally southwards along the boundaries o f and i n cluding t he farms

N e u Lome N o. 97 Farm Xf No. 98 Olifantwater Ost No. 99 Gurus N :J. l0fJ Elli ng er-ode No. 129 Guhel N o. 130 Herm annsruh N ;J. 13 l Farm No. 132

to the so uth~eastern beacon of the las t-mentioned farm, thence g en•e rally ,,·cstwards continui ng along the bo unda d,e;; of and ,including the fa rms

Farm N o .. 132 f arm No. 133 Sw artmodd~r Ost No. 13-1 Liclfiontein N ,J. 13ti Campbel1sd r,ei No. 137 Wohlzufrieden No . 138

to the south-\vestern beacon .of the last-mentioned farm; thenoe _generally northwards continuing along thep,,und a ri,es ,of,and including the far ms

Wohlzufrieden N ,>. 138 Gomaub S ud !'.\i .-) : 139 Blan kenrese N:J. 140 H oachanas N,). 120 Farm B No. 115 Uhlenhorst N,>. 114 Kaukcrus No. 141

to th-e v ·- i11t of lwginning-.

N o. 34 of 1 920 ]

W H EREAS it is desirab :e to regulate tlh' relative rig hts and duties rof masters, servants and apprentices in the P rotect,na.tc,

NOW T H ER EFO RE under and bv \·irtu·e o f t he piowers in me ves ted, ,J du ht: re.by d;clare, proclaim and m ake kn•ow 11 as .follo\\·s :-

Pa r t I. -OENERA.L

1. Pmdama tiu11 No. 1 -of 1918, a11 <1 any o the r pr-0-visi,011 of la w repug·nant ,to or inco11sis ten1 with this P rod allla tion shall be ,and a re hereby repeal­ed: Provid-:•d that s uch ·appeal s hall not a nnul or affect any contracts •:of s,ervicc or ap prenticeship entered in to previous to tht· taking el feet hereof w bich wberL· at ·t liat time legal and val id contracis.

2. In the construct,im1 and inl erpretation of this Pmdam ation the fo!l-O\\·ing terms shall if no t in­consi sten t with th:e·co ntext and subject matter ha ve the m e anings hereby respectively a,sign ed t o t hem, that is to say :-··,

"Servant'' sh-all mean and comprise ev,·ry per­son em ployed for hire, ·wages or other remuner­at:011 tn perform any hand icraft or ·o ther bodily Jabour in a~·riculturc, 'man ufactures , indus tries or in domestic s,ervice o r ,as a boatm an , porter or other occur,a tion of a lik,e nature; hur shall not in­clude any person ,indentu red ·o r hound by an Y con­tract of a pprenticeship according to law;

"Apprc11 tioe·' s h.all mea11 and c•omprise any person i.ld,enturcd o r bound ,by any contract oi apprentic,eship made according to la\\. as ap-prenti0e to any person. .

" J\'laste r'' shall be construed a nd understood to com prise a ny pe rson employing fo r hire, wag-es or o ther remunerat i-on ;111y ·perso n 1alling w ithin the before-mentio ned definition of the w ord

"se rva nt ' o r "i. , wh om anv person falling \\·ithi11 the befo re-mc'.\i tion,:d defi1{ition of the word " ap­pr .. ntice" shal \ have been indentu red or bound by any contract ·Jf appren ticesh ip made a ccording to la\\'.

"( :•on t ract of Service·' ,and "Co ntract o f Ap­pne ntic~ship'' ~hall m ean and co mprise any ag ree­ment \\·hiethc( oral o r written, w hether exp ressed -or implied w·hich an v p erson falling within the be:o pe mentiLl !:eel d t·fi~ition of th-e word "se rvant'' ·or " app reutioiL' shall resrectiv,dy have entered into o r_ 11:ad e acco} ding to law w ith any pe rson falli ng \n th1n thi heifnrementionl'd dcii niiion of th e word "Master· ' fo1:• the ·pe rformance .'of any work or lab our as afo' resaid.

"M-ontl:"' <; hall be construed and u nd e rstood to oom pri.se the perio d of on e calendar month.

"Father", ."r,a rent' ·, ·' relatire' ·. " husba nd" and " w:·1,e ·' sh ali I:{, res pe~t ive'.y construed an d under­sto,;d to con11p rise reputed fathers, rian:n ts, re· la tivc:;, busb:1 1,ds or wi\'es as \Yell as a ctual parents and relatives ,rnd lawful husbands and wives.

"Ofticer ' ' .• '.; 1· " prop-er o.fficer' · when use d with ,,e :·r ren ~·e b (he a t tcsta i<rn or m aki1P of contracts of snvice · ir :1r prentice"hip or to th; t ransfer and asd g nment o'i appH•ntices shall be construed a nd unders to:cd r 1, comr-ris1e every person \\·ho shali have b ee n apJl;oint<•ci by the Administrator to at tf!St an d m ake s1lid1 contracts. ,

Pa r t IL

COit✓ TRACT OF SERVl(;E.

3. In the abse 11 :_~e of .proof to the oontrary evidence: to the satisfii1dion of •the Court of the fact of the relati·on o f maste r , and serva nt subsis ti r:2· bdwecn hrn1 ,persons shall be deem ed to be suf­ficient proof that a contract of service has bl'em ent,ered inio br.:tween them.

4. W henever in1 anv contract o f s•ervicc tile time o r endura nce ti i~ reof shall not ha\·e be en expressly spccifi,ed and1 limited such ,tirn(.! s hall in the absence ,of sufficient i:r('Of \.o the <.'Ontran· be deemed and taken ~o he fur ,one · mon th and tht:reafte r from month to mnlnth : Provided -that the contract cntcr­cC: into for t ilie performanoc of .any specified work shail .expi r<' i'u s,:on as the work ;s finished, ,and, \\·he n t h,e \\ ·V, rk fa -not f inished w ithin a r..:·ason able time, may h1<: p ut -an end to by th(' maste r ah ~r the lapse ·oil a period r~·asonably :s ufficient for fi nishing· su :: !i work.

5. No ora l co 11 ii i act of ·service shall be va lid or bind­i ng for any lo nger •term than one year from the per:i•od fi x,ed fm ·the rnm rnencement of the service s tipul ated fr) i· bv such cont ract ; and n o su ch o ra! con tract shalij be valid or bi11ding, in any cas~, U!!­

less it he ~:ti:r:u!ated in such ooniract that tht: ;;er­vh:e t hereby" stipulakd for, sh all be e ntered upon by t he s,en·:111 ,t \\· ithi11 -01H: mnnth f rom the date of oontract.

6. N:J \nitten ,, •)n trac.t of svn·; ce cntc1cd in'.o in this Protecto rat e! ~h all be valid or binding for a io11g,·r period tlrn11 D 11c \·ear ·from thr· date thereof, no :· shall a1ff ..:•011dract"Ior service in ,nitiu,:r be rniid -or binding' in n11y case ,on any servan( unless th,: s erdee so :i,u niraded tor s hall b ,.· stipula1ed to oommence ,'\ :thin the p;·ri,id ·oi one rnoi1th from the dare thco1:, of, •exccp,the 0011tract be signed with the name, o 1·, i11 ,tlw cas{_· of illitera te persons, 1,·ith the m a rk -of t!!·e ,con tracting- partie.;;, in th~ prc,.,ence ·of a fv\ agi sf •·aie ur other proper officer \\·h,o shalt satisfy him,,'elf by ,enquiry of the s,•rvant or ap­pren tioe th;11l the con tract wa s ~·11tere:! inio by the parties \1olu li!arily, and \\·ith a dear understanding of its m ean i1w and ·effect, and shall then and not unti l then, s~b scribe such \\Titten co11tr.1ct in aUestaiion· ,·1 f that fact.

Official Oazetl!e. Jst Sept·emb€r, 1920.

7. No such contract so [entered inh, hdore a Magis­trate or other proper 1officer, cha![ he valid or binding for a longer 1period tha1, five v~ars from the date thereof. ·

8. All contracts of service · entn:;;t1 into before. a Magistrate or other proper ,,fficcr within the limits of t!-:is Protectorate shal.\ be Jrawn up as n-early as possib]:e. i11 the forn1 set out in the Schedul,e to thas Proclamation

9. All contracts stipulating for ·th,~ services vf the wik of any -servant together with ihos<' of Iler !ms.­band shall be made ,m executed hv her lin like ma)1-ner as thie same ,shall he mad"' :~nd executed by her hus~:rnd.

10. It shall be lawful ,for the p-ar(~; ,i or fl'Uardian as the case may be ,of any drild uni.J ,-r th; age Gf six­te:e11 years to contract ,for th{, service of ~uch child tog,etlwr with his own in lilie manner as such person may contract for h.is own s,.·n·ice: Prcvide<l that (1) When s uch contract shall t,,i: in ,niting the

name and age ot . en·ry Stich child shall be dearly set forth and s1~u:!fiL·cl in the said oontract;

(2; Nothing herein contained shall giw to the master ot any such P<\rent or guardian a ny daim on the s,ervices ·ot "u.ch child h,·vond fot period for \Vhich the P?rerrt or gua;dian shali he engaged nor ,b,·y0nq the period when such child shall attain the ai::,t of ~ixte~n vears nor to the s.~rYiceo·- (.11 ,rn,· ;;ther child of tile oontracting parent \\'i·,erhe; umk·r culour of such last mentioned child having be-en f1e,d or clothed by the .master or. having b-,•en bGrn while the parent pf such chi!d was in the said master's service or undt-r ;,;1v ,,ther pretence \vLattver. .,

.1 i . On the J;eath of ,.any person b-,,ing at tl1e time tog,ethrer with his wife and any child undt:r contract as a:liore;;aid tbe contract shall becomc null and void witL res1Jed to such ,vife and children at the expir~.tiun of •one month after fhe death of 1such pers,ou.

12. It shall not be lawful for any pt-rson :e11tc.dng il]to any contract of seni1ce by \Vhich it is t>lipulated that the. serrnnt .shall ,himself ""side ,on the ipre mises of tl1e master tu keep his 1Yift and children on the premises ot :his rnash:i: unless when ,the master shall hav,e al,o :stipulatL, ! in such comract that th~s shall and 1.ma,· he d<,n•e · Provided ,that when the master shall ;have oC• Stipulated ii ~hall not l;J,e lawful t:or him to claim ifo, serv1ees of anv such wifr or child •by re:as0;; merc-lY of fair residence ,on his premi,e;s. ' ·

13. (I) No contract of .servic-e ITh(le else\', here than within the limits of this Prot,C, -torate shall b-:, of fioroe o·-' ,efiec1 wihin thic: Proh-ctorate except ,he same shall ha"1e been ,made ii; writing.

(2i Such contracts as ·afvr.:;;aid shall not, ex­cept as is provtded :i.u ,:ubscn;_tm (3', hereof, be valid \Vit•-Jin thi~ Protectorate a,,ies,; the same shall have beei t -ins]')'i·ded and recoi d".'J by a Magistrate of this P role~'.torat,e in ,which ; ,·,;;e ;,uch co,1fra~1s shall have force and :effect Iu< ,W\' term therein stipulated: Provided that sud , 1eTn1 shaii not ht taken io exte:1d b~y, mu three :, .,,us from the riate of the ,,rriva: i.n ,foi,, Prutedor,,;e oi' th<:', con trac­ing servant.

('.:l) Confracb vt <,ervice m '\t' in fa. UnL;; of Soutl: Africa or in anv ofae,· _b,itisb possession if duly e~ecuted, b1·fore :: JVLafH- ate 0, any other tiompetem au'/ll.(H!l\y, or contP,;_,;, •of ~ervicc· made ir; Foreign Staues. i* ,duiy e.\ •;:uted hefo:e anv Britis•: Gonsui reddent in any '3~H::h State. shaE be valid in tlJjs Proledura tie for " :' ,, stinulated term ;1d e\(Je(•tli:ig fo.:'N! '" ears frc\~-: foe· da'ie :c•i the-

arrival in this P rotedurate of the con tracting stir­vant: Provided always that in case one or more c.f the contracting parties shall not be of European descent the said Magistraie, Consul or other authority shall certify on ,th-e said contract that the oonditi,ons the rein contained have 'been read, ex­nla:ined and if 1wedfu\ translated and have been agreed to by the said contracting parties. But contracts not so certified ,shall notwithstand1ng have force and cffrd ,in this P rotectorate upon other proof of such contract to the satisfacHon of H.e Magistrate before whom the san1e stiall come irr question.

14. Nu contract o: sc:rvice for a month -or an_\' longer period shall be det·med and taken to have expired until at least 'Olle .111\lll!h's notice calculated from anu inclusive of the ;day of giving sudHwtice shaH have l:J.ecn given hy,either ot the p,a rtie~ to the':oth{:,r i:,arty unless such wntract ,shall hav,e be,·n entered ink> for a term certain or it s hall have been ex­pressly ,tipulat,ed that no such notice shall be neoessary: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to enable any party io an,y contract of serviae to ,determine the same without the consent oi the,L•th('r party before the expiration o l t!;e t,ern1 of service originally agreed upon.

15. \\ihen any such notice ·as herd.n.belore mentioned shall havt b:een uiv,·n hv either of the fJarties to ,0 ,

the othier and the •masrer shall ~-ulfer the servant to remain o r ti-,e servant shall remain in his service aHer the da v -on which according to the notice gin:ll the contract of ,serviC('. should expire such notice shall be de:·md ,and taken to have1 .b e1en withdrawn ·aud the contract ·of service shall con­tinue to ,en dure as >long and in likt• manner as ;if no such notice had beei1 given .unless it shall r.ave been o.foerwise expressfy and specially agre,ed betw·,,,en ,l~e parti.es. ·

lti ln case ot any :adi<Jn for the non-payment of w age5 r.]u,e and payable by vi.rtu,: of any contract ot service being broughi: hefore any comp etent .:ourt bv anv servan t ·and w hen tl1e rale of wages at \Vhi~h s~ch contract was made shall not hie nroved to iLe satisfaction :of such murt, such court is her,ebv requir,·d ·to fix the rate of \vages at that usuatly paid in the district or p lace iu which E.e s,ervice for which .the ,, ages are claimed was performed reference being had to the skill and abilitv of tbe siervant .and the class of work for ,vhici1 he was engaged .and to ;,£iv,· a decree ac­cordingly.

17. No servant's wag,e:,;. if rnnt raded for in money may be paid in kind or if contracted for in kind may be ,:;,aid in money ,or in anv othier than the stip ulated kind" except ,vith the .,·xpress COHie,n t of the ser­vant

18. L-1 an contracts by ,, hic!1 it is stipulated that the c;1e!v,rnt :c.hal.i r,:·side en tlie premises o-f his m aster, a,,d wLe,-,ein it Lo not expn,·ssly provided that the m :,ster i, not tu supply food a nd io-d_ging the mt1.ster sha•l be deemed ,a,1d taken to have engaged tL• sn,\-id.e such s:e•:v:ant. and sudi of his Jami.ly (ii irny, a~ ,.;hall iwve bee;1 induded h the contract, wifo lodgi.nge and snmcient food of ,good and whoresome quality, dmbg foe coutiilua;1c-e of the (Jon tract

19. \\'~·ie,! ,,J lV ::;,erv,,nr shall, .kl c:onseq utnee of any skk;e~~ •or accident, w 1-.id1 shaE nut have been ,oc:..:asio •:j e•: bv 'b,~ ,,-w:t fault be re,,dered incap .. ah>c:: -of perfo.rming his i?• ,,ste:·'-. s,,'fvk·e, he shaH, :b the abs·enct ;o:' 2n_v :;: i:,t·cial prnvision in the; 0ontract ·f: , :he cc,:,trary, be t>:,tit!di w receive hi,- foi; ""· :,,~;e; durbf .the fo-,·.t mo:ith uf such in­,:a,..,a<:ity. a:,d eve,y ofoe, b -;;efit, 1:.rivilege, or ad­v:, ,,t.,,/>P. v; ,w,::1e:· 1,0: ''1Hb ei'' 0 " :":i;:. ;-:::-,m.iJy. ;;;tipul­:it~~t' 1io: fr. the (·onL ad of ,e;-vic, din:ng- Fie whoie

Otficia i Oaze.tte, 1st Sertem ber, 1920. -------------------period of such incapacity, unless the s ti pulated term ,of s-ervice sha ll S()Oner ex r,ire, or unless the pe1 iod o f su ch incapacity shall extend to a lo nger p eriod than h\'IJ months ; in which latter case tile nwster shall b e enti tk d, it he shall s.o think fi t, at the exrirati:on o f ,such two months, or a t any time alterwards during which su ch incapacity shall uninterrnr;frcLy continu e. in treat and consider the contract of serv:ce as re~ci nd,·d and determ in ed, to all i ntents and r,uq :<is•eo'. \Yhats'. :en- r, he, the said master, being, how<:Yt·r, bnund, heiore .being so entitled to 6011:,idcr lhe . said con tr ad as de­termined, to make g1\ocl al l stipulations therein mention eel and agreed up,Jn, up to and for the clay on ,rhich he shall ,d·eclarc: his int('niion to treat and co1Jsider the said contract as resci nded, with, kowever, the limitatio 11 a:; \Q \\ ag~·s lier ei1 1before provided : Provided, h0\,·e,-;•r, tha t if th e maste r shall not think ii t, at or afi.er the expiratio n ,of st1ch two months as afore,:aid, to treat tile contract ,of sc r\"ice as <lekrmined a nd rescinded, but shall pe1 mit the servant to n:main in his •.en·ice, such s ervant shall 1!.ot be cntith:d to cla im any r:-ort ion of t he w ames beyond .,ra•rc.:s for th e first mo11th a s aforesaid,"' o r any oth;r be11d it or adrnntage stiput1ted for in the contract of ,;ervic,· (sa\' e ·a nd except such foo d and lodging· for himself and famih· as lw the c1011trad of s erYrce the master h ad engaged, o·r shall be dt emcd and taken lo have cng ,1oet.l t.:.i provide him ,\'ith,, for am· period ,;ub:,Zqu~nt lo s.uch t"·" mon;lis durin·g- which such incapacih · as aiorei-aicl shall continue: And provided, always, that 11v s errn11 t hired by any cont r:1ct exp es sly tc, pcri'orm ~t·n ·ice in an,· iracle o r l1a11dicrnft, s ha lt be cntiti cd to rvceiYe th e w,1g·es •m any other hc1:dit or all\·ant age stipu lated in tLc contract o f ;:;,cr\'i CL:, for J.ny· part o f the time during ,\·h id, he shall tian lk cll rendered incapable of performing his maste r' s work by any such sickness or accident as aforesaid, san an d •exu·pt such fo,,d or lodging for himself o r fam;i y as lw the cont ract ,,f SC'rYice his master ha~ ~·ngage<.l w r::r,,vicl c him wjth, such food and lodg ing • to he _providPcl during such i~H.:apacity as afore~: aid, un less the contract of service shal.1 ·,,ooner <·xpire, o r unless such incapacity shall extend to a perind longtr t han one month, in which latt-er case tile master shall be entitled, if he shall so think fi t under t he same powers and conditions in every respect as in this sectio n ;before set forth, to treat and l'Ons-ider s uch lastl11'e11tionecl contract of sn vice as absolutely and to all intents and purposes cl,•. :ermi1Ted and rescinded.

pa rt m. APPRENTICESHIP O f CHILDREN.

20. No contract ,of apprenticeship shall be \'alid un less, at the t ime 1of ·its h l'ing entered info, it slrnll have been reduced into w riting-, and signed \\·ith the nanw, -or, in .the case of illitcrak pt: rsons, ,,vith the mark, -of the ,mastcr and parent or guardian, as the case may be, ·.of the app renti ce, an d :\lso of th e apprentice if ;of th~ full age of sixieen ye ars.

21. No contract of apprenticeship by which any child under sixken n ars; ·if a female. and eighteen years if a mate: may he apprenticed as an agri­cultural or domestic ser\'an t, shall be valid fo r any 1-onger p,eri1Jd than until :such child s hall ha,·e ath ined t b,e full age .of sixtt-en years, if a female, and eig-!1tecn y<:ars, if ·.a male.

22. Children not heing in a state d clc:stitu lion, abore the ar,re ·of ten, .and under the ag-e 0f si xieie11 years, mav 'be app renticed by tlwir fathers, or, in the cas:~ or fatherless children, by their mnth ers, or, in the case of orphans having guardians, hy their g uardi,c•s, u ntil the_,· shall ·ha,·c attained th .-ir

h ,·enty-firs t y t .1r, or for any shorter r eriod, and ?ue pro,·ision {0r the maintenance, d oth~ng, arid rnstruction of c, ery such ,appren tic<· shall be ma<le in t he contract •Jf app l'enticeship : P rovidrd always, tha t e,,ery CCJ! itract <)i apprenti ceship, whereby any child undd· the age of k n yea rs, not being ~n a state ·of de;;H(ution, ,shall b e apprcu ticed; or a t­t-·mr ted w t•.) lw, "hall be mtll and nJid 10 al'. inten ts and p1irp,oses wh atsoe\'\'r ; sa\'e and ex­cept a contrat:1 0 1 -a pp r·enticeship {'Xecuted by the pa1,ent or gua rdian, and th:- master, in the presence o f a Magistrate a11 d ahested by such M.agistrah~ to be a contral/ which app;-a rs t0 him lo be b ,4.th!', hene;ir -of the child.

23. Any m i1:or ot tL e full ag,e Df sixteen _,·ea rs ,or up­\Yard:::, mn.y, LY his O\\·n con,ent, he apprentic;;d for any term u11t exce:·ding fi\'e years at any trade, in tl:c practiu . ot wldch any peculiar art or s kill is required, bui not other\\' is:·: Prm iclecl ah,·a_1·~, tha t in the ca~e o i such m in <>r or minors being fema:es, tl!·ey may, w ith ,such consent, be ar,­p renih.-ed to d.,me,.tic S<·IYice for any s uch period as last afore:-:<1'd.

24. T he NL1gistra1,.-,·. ,oi the P 1 :llc<."tnra:.e · shall he.:_. c.: x ,o ff i c i o, t h.: !!;Uardi:1ns, ,-.· i til-in their res1wcti\' e districts, ot ,; I ,such rni rnrs. as a'ie in rh,· la~t precedi ng sc, 1' 011 m'"ntivned, \\·l: ich minors ha\·e no 1~:, rents nr 1;uardian,. within tht•. Prmedo ra tc, o;· 1:or e discnL•r;ible. and wch Magistrates ma, · 'law­fully i11clen tu1-t sm:h minors.

2':i. When an-.: r:ir:·nt or parents ~-ha ll .• ahamhn n:· des-en, ·or by death shall k-ave. ii'r a state ,.if destitu t'o11 _a;i\ child und-er -the ag(· of s ixteen yea rs, tl )·e pc son " ·ith -whom -:; uch ell ild sh:1H ha\'I:~ been Sf) !d t, or by whorr1;such child sliall be found i11 sud, . state of cle~tilution, shalL \\· ith a ll conve11 :e11t s1.v ·cl, g ive 111.l tice t he11eof to the n c:a res~ M,1g istra te, i:; hrder thar •means may bl' take!? fo r nr, .,d clinir for the maintenance and t•ducatiot? •oi' s~ch chik[ iJy app renticeship, in manner herein­a iter ment i-on f d; and if any f-t>rson _shall be duly cou d c:tecl by :ny Magistrate or other compdent court of ·c1et,q11 ing- in his possessio n or cmploy­mc11t a1ff sm:i1 des titute chi ld as a[OrC'said fo r a 1-o ngcr perioq than o ne 111011.th w ithout g iving s u~h i.otiG•. ei, \T\. ~,uch pe:-s:,n shall \orkit and pay, at a rate 1;:"l \ ,l·X·:ecdin;s ·h ny nor less ihan te.E

s hillings for ~c1ch month that such chi '.d has bee,: detain,ed, ,and ev,· ry such ·sum so forfei ted shall be paid in to tl ,,e ,ren nue., of t he Prote--..:torate and all reaso1iabk expense . incurred in g iving such notice, and fr; :· the maintenanc(: of such child untC removed b_v 1he proper ·authority, shall be p aid from the saitj revenurs.

21i. T he 1\i\.agistq ,tl' shall, u r:·on receiving such 11,1tice as af:oresaicl, t.·au~.e the :child t~> bL' removed to the residence o l ~uch Magidrak, and the said Magis­trate shall, ll \i'P,S w hen it shall be made to ,app,•a;­to him that Hie -child is actually 11ot in a ,state of dest!tutio11 , ' ii' i~ abl.· .iD ea rn his :nm !i,·t•lih ;)-.'.lC (in ei tber -of i\·hich ew·nts he sl.iall decline to act in the case;, cause .. such child to bt' lodged anC:'. provided for ;it the ·publ ic cost, until he shall lH\'1· suffic.ient'.y ,; 1,cerhincd hy inquiry, \\·hich hC' is hereby requi : ,:·d h : au;;e t,1 bl' made, wh~'ther sud. child have alJy reiative, fit, p roper, and \\·illing- t< maintain anq take ca1-e '·of bim, and if he shall d is0m·er an} such Pe:ativc or r:·laii,·e :, he shall ar,p1•entkc Sl1d1 child. either t,> t!ie \:nlC' 1 e;ati,·(·, or to that t; nc .,unong· the scrl'ral rclatin!S o .: wh•om it sha\1 arpcar most for tl;.e inicrl'.::t of such · chil d t-o he,·,;1n'e the a1: prc.:ntic~; and it no such h~ and proi:-e;· : ~h liYe b:· ,fo u nd, he shall apprenti-~c him. as w :i,i as .a suitable oppirtun itr can h,. found, tn sor;1e fit ,and pro 1;er pers-0:1, until he sh~H have a ttair:e:1 his cighfr enth year, o r i11 tl ie case nf

Ottkial Gazette, ,1st Sep tember, 1920. 1,, ,-.,, A /J

fc:ma~es, until their sixkentii ve ar or for any shorter period that may be dl'emed advisable. And every s uch Magistrate •sha !I g ive public notice in the Oifidal Gazette of the 11ame ,of every such apprentiue and of the •person to whom he shall have been apprenticed.

27. Due provision 1or tLe mainte1iance. dothing, and instruction of every destiiuk Child , o apprenticed shall be m ade in ·eve ry rnntraq ot a pprenticeship, and s uit abl e wag,es shall ·als i) he there.in stipul­ated for, wl:renevcr suchi .magist rate o r other prope-r officer shall deem that the ci1Hd's service in any part _thereof w.ill be w:)rth . •\'ages ; and in ap­prenucing 1every s uch cl11ld, t:Ither to a relatke· or stranger, it shall be the duiy of such Magistrate or offi cer t o make the best te1•111s he can for such child.

28. All s uch con tracts fo r , the a pprt·nticesh ip of des titute ch ildren as afore, «kl s hall be drawn up as near as vo.ssib:,e in the h ,110\d rw fr.rms :--

. . District of . . _"' . . . . Thi:; contract ot apprentict,i!tip of A. B. (hert: insert tl1e desig,1ation of A. 8 . as accura,dy as possib'.e ;, a de,;titute child, \I itm:sseth that C. D. (hert· de3edbc C L. a~:. the }v\agistrak or as the oiffoer si:edally appoi1ii, d b \' the Adminis­tr,1tor b i a itest such coniuic,~ o( apprenticeship for t he district, a.s the ca::c may b,'), p u rsuant to !he A'\aste r and Se.val! rs P roclamation 1920 in tha t rnse ma de and 1~ruV1de d, docs by the;;e p re,,ents apprentk" f !e saiu A. B. aged . . . years ·o r tt:erc ab,rnb, to L. f'. '(ht·re insert the designation ol E. F. as aci:11rntely as possible,, \1·ith him to dwell .and sen c as an a,r,prrntice until (or 1or, as the case m,.11 be - lie.re insert tL t ag,e at \\'hich the ·:tp1)1,.;1ticesl1ip is tu d e t: rmille; '..J r tit· term · f. 'i' \1·hich i t is to endu re_, durin.~ all \Yhid 1:tim !s the said app rentice s hall faithfully aml honestly ;:,erve and nbcv his m aster; and the said E. f kn hi•m:elf, his h~jrs, a!id eNecutors, d1)es h :reby cove,iant a nd a~re.e \\ 1tL tile said C. D . for arid 'lll behalf of the 'said A\B, that he, the said E. f, shall teach· and in­sti:uct, o r cause to be t '.111,.Jht and instructed tl ic ·said A. B. i11 the (h(~rr, ~ sert the particular tr ,1de •or o ceu r ation), in th,e he:,t manner that he ca n, duri ng the said term, a nd s hall a lso c!uly proYide, ,or cause d ue v n•;·is ion to bl' mad-e. fo:· the ·edul"ation and rcligi ,iu;; ins truction ot th~ !'aid A. 8 ., to ,the hest ot 1,i,:. abiliiY. a nd shall, dmi11g tl ,e said t.erm, p rovid.-, t lw safri' appre ntice with suitab'.e and su1fide,1t to,Jd, clothing-, bed­ding, lodging , and all other l!iings necessary and fit for such apprentice, an,.! shall also pay, a s 1\·ages, to the said appre;1tll 1·: the sum c/f (here insert the terms at w·hich wages stipulated are to be payab,le) ; a nd also, thu said E. F .. s hall not .assign or tra n:,.ter the ,s;iil! a pprentice to a ny other person during the saii_! term \\·ithout the consent, in \H tting, t irst ha,_! and obtained, of · fre m agis trat t' ha\·ing r.rnn: r· a 11d auihori1v tr; gin: sud1 conscllt. · rn \\'itness whereof, \\'(·, ti.,l f- . l (' l) d _ sat( ·,. . an E. F Lan set :lUr J1and, at . . on this . da\· ot . . 19 . . (here i nsert the signatures o r marb of thr t: a rties). In r re3e1Jcc ·Of (he re shall l ie in::,e rtie<l the .sig­natures. of a t ieast .two \i·\tne2scs, who han~ \Y i t-ness,ed t!:e n: ecutin n oi' the contrac t1-

29. In c«s:· tl-,e :\\a:;,;i0trate b>· \1 i,• ,rr1 'die u:,11:r;ict for tl:e ,q:p r,e.,1t:ices hip o l any Lk;;i.itute child as afore­said shali.have been_ ('nie:-ed iE(.·) as aforesaid sha ll , by deatl : or nthenvise, c,·ase 1., act ,ff such M ac::is­trat e, tL,e;i, and in -that case, , .i} the pr:)\'isions ;ml co_n:na ntc;, in s uch c,_,ntnct O! app renticeship <'O Jl­

tarn t [I sh,; 11 ,e ,1dtm' 111 tavou r ,,f th:, su cce-osor oi

such Magistrate, a nd , .uch SIUCc~ssor s hall a 11d m ay sue un,011 .and take ,all o ther b ,:netit and a dvantage whatsoe\·•er of such 1:rovic· ions ·and co-, enants, in l'ike manner as il ,s uch ~.uccessor had b :•en him­self tLe r,erson hy ·wh<)m such contract as afore­said was o riginally m ade.

30. Eve!'\' surh ;a, .t-m :•11fro neJ contrac , of a 1~pren,tice:.. ,;hip ·shail be made and s igned as afores aid in t h ree parts, -on e o f wbich parts sh all be g iven to t he Mast er, a nd o ne b fre anne11 tke. and the third shl:l h(• fild -a nd rc.g istered in tlw .:iffice· of Jh,e M ag:istrate by \1°l10m it is atte:,ted; o r w he r·e it shall hav,e been a ttested by any other oHirer spec­ially arpointed as af ,m•,,aid, •,an entry of it s hall b e mad,· i11 a .. honk tu be kept by j1 irn for that pur­pose, and the said ,thi rd part shall be transmitted by Urn to the lV\agistra te o f the district in which the master bv \1·horn -such contract has bCl'll made u~ually n·siles, t:) b;: f:l cd and rt>gisin ed in his offi ce:.

-~1. N::) master shall or may as;:ign or tra nsfi•r any _ap~ r:re;1tice, Laving heea apprenticed as afo:·e:::aid by any ,Vl.agistrate .:J r .ot1·:er proper olficer as aforesaid, tt, any nther rers-011, \1ithout the L'0:15'i,nt, in \\'rit­ing, fi rst had and obtained, of the :\lag is.tratc or o ther rroper. officer of the· ds trid in which such master re;ides ; a nd in ca se such app reHtice s!tall he o f rhe age of lii (six t,,e:11 years, or upwards, wit!mui the co nse nt •Of .su .:h a pp rentic,· himself.

32. A Nl agi strate ma_\· uron ti;,, applicaiion of any pa rty in :: contract ·of appren ticeship and after giving all ot:~cr pa rties .then·tu an oppo r tunity of a. l:earing-, for g,Jud cau;;·e set a 0 id:· such contract.

Pa rt IV. PR.OVlSIONS I.\ .TI-If CASI:: 0 1· D EATJi ,

INSOLVE\.'CY A.:--: D CHANGE OF l~ESlf ) !·:N CE Of lv\ AST ER.; AND OTHER CIRC UMSTANCES DlSSOLVl !'-iO CONTRACTS Of SERVIC E \V ITH-

OUT NOT I CE. (1 In tb:c :'ven t ol the death or insoh-rncv ,of

fi, e 'master, the co ntract OT SL'rVice shall, ,except a~ hereaHer "xcep ted, cease a11d determin;e after o ne month from the da{e o f such death ,or in­so;yency, in cas·e the s tipula tion ot s~rvice shall not soo uer •expire ; an d up to tlH; period o f s uch d e­termination o t sud1 contracr, s uch se rvant s haH b1.: ,entitled to d aim his fuil wag<:s and every remU11!erntio11 s pecifo. d in su ch co ntract a nd shall be lnund, it n,quire<l, t (} r-;.erform bis service for the p•erson leg-ally l't·JJre;;entin:{ the deceased o r inso,\ent maste r.

(2 In the ,·ve11t o t flw death or insol\'ency:of ti1c mJster ,ot anv anprell\ icc, or in th, , event of the a1:prentice being: f)l't·Vented, in tile manner here­ina'lter in th e tbirtv•sixth ~ed io n <Jf th is Pr-oc­lam atio 11 particularly mentioned, from pe;forming: his ::-e rvicc ·or fuifi! ling his eugagem ent at the r,lace where the same o ught to b e p erformed o r fu lfilled, s uch cleatlt, insolvency or r,n·vention sq1all · b e a CO!Ilj:i'ete ·c.1ischarg:- .of the contract ~oi aµ­p ren tioeship, and if any sum shall have h l' en1 reaHy and bona fal e paid by or on hehalf of such alJ­pentict, as aiore:'.aid . it shall he law fu i fo r any Mag;istrate Jiaving jurisdictio n, or -other compe tent C C>u rt, upu n p w of o f su ch payment, to o rder, iu a su nrnw ry marnler, am· sum \\ h id 1 to tht said Mag;istrateor C;•urt shall seem reasonable to be paid to or lo:· the us,e of sud 1 app.-entic,~ as aio r esa id, by ally s uch master ay :.r10.·escdd, or his le~al r~­presentative: n,gard b eink' had, how ever, in e~timating such ,·,ulll, to the :tm uur1t oi' Urn sum o rigi na lly paid by or •(m h,:!tah of such appr-e11tice, a;:d to tL e time ,during- w:1ich such ap pre i1dc,, con­tinued in the servit:t 0 1 su ch m a~ter as a foresaid: Pr:,vid(:,'. alway,:, that evc ,_v s uch 2+µr~11 tk e s hall

Official G azette, 1st Septem~r, I 920.

be -~11titled t-o ~tis ,fult wagl's, o r -other remunention, whi<::h may have become du" previo us to such di ssolution <>f the co nt ract of apprenticeship.

(3 ln the ,even t .of th(: death or insolvency of tile master -of .any child, who haring .been in a state o f destitution shall haYe bl'en a pprenticed by a Magistrate ·or -o th-er rroper officN in th~ manner hereinbl'fore set forth, cit shall be the du ty of s uch Mag istrate ·o r ,other proper officer, in case s uch app11e-11tice ·s ha ll, .at the time of the death or insolvency of his former mas ter, be un der the age of si xt,een y rars, or unable to s uppo rt him­sel f, b rd ake the: charg e and earl' of s uch child: and if it shall hie d(·emeJ expedien t, to apprrnti~ again .the said child ,for an~· ter m wi'(11in tile limits p1,escr-ibecl hy th.is P 11oclama tinn ,for the duration o t ap-prentices hip to s uch fit a nd proper person as su ch :V\ag.is tratc <Jr o ther r,roper offiL'<!r an d such child , if -0f thc .fAge nf sixte.·n _rears, or upwards, shaa mutually approrc oi ,_and aJt re<• upoT) : P rovided that ,yh,en s uc-h •ch ild Ila..:; not attained the said a g1e ohsixteen yea;·s, his consent shall not be 111ecessary in any 1ca~~i'.

34. Tli•e wif,· of the dccea ~ed ma~-ter :Jf t·verr serYant ·or a-ppPeni:k1•, hired n r co ntracted ~o · pe rform serviee as ;1 dm nestic -or ag ricultural St•n ·ant, i s entitk d, if she s hall .so think fit. lo claim the se, vie~ -of s uch ~ervant ·o r a r,pn·n tice durin\{ the fuil peri od of the :sti pulated tc•rm of se.r\"ice, provided she shall con:;ent ·to p<'rfo rm, and s hall j)erlo rm, all the s tipul atio ns tof the contract in favour of ille servant •o r arpn!nti c,~ \\·hicl1 the mas ter was b o und tn perfo rm . ·

35. ln th•e event ·of a servant or a ppreu ticc d ying .dur­ing the curi ency •of 1thc stipulated term 1>f serdce, his heirs, excwtors, -or oi hcr ie(,{al rep rescntati\'CS, arc .entitled to claim,frnm th-c master lh.e full \,·age!> and -otber re111u11eratb11 dul' ,to s uch sen·an t or apprentice i-o r tile perio d 1\\' hich he had s en ·ed previously to his de.a th, a nd no more.

3!i. No s•ervant o r apprentice (~.an: as hcrt inaftcr pH>vided as to persons iarpren tkrd as destitute ch'i1dren) hi red ·or <.xmtracted :to jX-r lo rm service al the res idcnoc ioi or,at any place of t rade o r hus iness ,occupted by his mast-er •is bound to pe rform hi$ s:ervk-e a t any o ther place t:> \\·hich h is master may ha,·e rel'1oved 11-is reside nce or place of 1rade: or busin ess \\'itho ut the co nsent o f such serva n.t. -or of ihe parents ,or g uarclians of such apprentice \\'hen (a) by the stipulations of •the uontract such servant

o r apprentice is no t bound t o reside- in the residen ce ·or 0 11 the ,[) remises of h is master and the mas ter has ren:on-d his residence .o r place -of trade o r bus iness out of th{· town, or (where such res,d,·nc-e o r place is not s itu,1.ted iH t-o\,·n) from the place in \\·hich 1mc!cr tht! co11tract the service was t-o be pe1i -ormed, to any distance for th-er than tw-o ui iles fro m i u ch town or place ; ,or ,

(b) s uch serv:ant o r ap-1wentice is b ,;u nd to n ·side in tbc i:esidcncc o r premises ·of his maste r and tile mas ter has remo,"-(,d such residence o r premis-es out of the dis trict in which th1.:y were situate.

Provided that s uch conse11t shall he d-..·emed to :J~a,·c been g iw n wlte'.neYe r .su<,11s-cryani: or ap­prenti0t: (a) being c;n(• 11ot bound to reside iu the residence

or 011 the p remism; aforesaid, has performed, and in the caS'e !Of an apprentice has been knowing ly permitted hy his parents ' Jr g11ar­dian t-0 perform, at ~l;e ne,\· n•s idence _or place a nv s ervice under the contract; o r

(b) being '<>11-e ho und to ·reside as afo resaid, h as gone t0 a,nd r-em ained . amJ in th{' <:a>e .of an

appren1:.oe been permittt;d by his parent or g.uai-dia ;, to go to and remain in sucn new residienc:e or pr-r mises for ·one \\'eek atter his mast.e r'~. ren-i-oval ·thereto.

37. Tl11e mask r -of ·any a11prent.ice wlw has been ap­prenticed ~-- him in ma nner h<e-rei.n p:rnvided as a destitute ch ild is entitlc.d, without Hmilation c,r restraint, tc., Femo ve su ch apprentice t-o anu to ex­act the p,ei:formam,'e of the ser\'ice stipulated in the oontraG!. wh:erever such mas ter may ha,·e r'e­m 0ved his residen <.-e pr pfa~ of trade or busi:less within thi :; P rotectora1'e upon •giving notice of 1-tis intention sc to do ,befo re his d~parture ·to 1he Ma­gis trate ·of ;.11,e d istrict ,which he is going to h:av-e, and tlte !\\':1g1s tra te, up.on 'ret."-eiving such notice, sh a ll endor"'e the saml· ·on the third p-art of th-:, contract o f appren ticeship regist:·red ·and filed by him: and o•i such •removal taking plac-<.e, forthwith transmit s 1d1 third part to the 1\fa'.,{istrate of the <!:strict to ",·l1 i~h s uch an apprentice shall be rc­mon:d, to .r\e by ·h:im duly regis tn ed and filed in mann er h•Ci'1·i11h-efo re pmvided.

38. N o £ervant ·) r a1~pr-en tk e, hired o r contrac ted t,o perform ck 1inestic scr vic-<·, may lawfully refuse t-:l accomr a11y . Hs ma~ter, o r any of ·his family. by de!l'ii,e :ot l•!s m a,.te r, on any journey within this P rotecto r,1t'·. o r :n the course of ,;uch journey t-0 rcrform e, ½r~- s uch Sl'rvice ·as, by reason of his oontract o t ~crvioe ,or -apprelltin·ship, he would be bound to r·erform .in ':his master's house o r .Ott 1, is premi~•~=; a nd no .servant o r appre.niice may la \\'fully rcru f.e to go on any journe·J . within th-is PPotccto raf.c 011 ,Yhich his master shall ord>tr h im to g!,, o r i l1 .cha rge of. o r to drive, herd, .t.i·nd, or take ca 11e r.! any -ca r riage, horSl·, or any kind of cattle, the ri:oi:en y ·o f or i n the lawful r,osses si.011 of or u nC'':!· H::· lawful cont r-ol of his master, which s-ucli ;,.ervant o r apprentice wo uld, by r!'ason -.f his c-o,11ract o f ·s ervice o r apprentice-ship, b'!'

-.,d to ,·i,!e, ciri,,e .. herd , tend o r take care of, ,or c,. of, 1t his ,master's resid<: nce o r on his prt m is·es : iipovided always, tha t .there $hall be reaso11 ah:e· _j:; r<> und for he(i,l'Ving tha t s uch journey may and ,,·111 bc.r,erfo rmed bt-.fore the expiration of the sti1~ulatq J term •of the servic:c 0f such scf\·ant or a r, pre,)ti.c-e ; ,,nd tha t s uch' mas ier shall br bo und to pr<>dd( ;,uch s.ervant -or apprentice with food and c,-ery r-,tber thing -which may ht.· ne-::essary and pr-opc! r to •enable such S<-rvant or apprentice to Ferfon11 ·such journey, ,and to return to tllc resid,ence ~;: 1m·mises ·o f his master befo re the ex­piration c t the term of se·rvicc.

39. No serYa11t_ ;., r appn·n'tke· s hall be b o und to ac­oompany h;.;:; mas ter. o r to g:o, out of this Pro­tedo rak. '-1·iih<J ut the s9ecial agreement o r con­"en t of su-ch s-erva nt. o r o f the parent o r guardian of s uch a 1~P :-e ntic-e. o r wl:en such appre ntice is of the full a¥'· :of sixteen ~-rars, w itho ut. also. the cons,ent <J1 ~uch .a pprl' ntice.

40. Wh:en a11,f ~-ervant not be:ng b 1:und -or obliged to a coomranY Iris master. o r 140 to any pla c(· to ,vhich the mast<: r ~hall rem-oYe his res idence e r rlace of trade or b~i;;in-cs~~, or to \\·hich the master shaH o rder suc=h servant to g;:, shall ded inc or re fuse S10 to do., l_!f-e contract o f scrrice shall from the dabe 011 ,:, liich the -servant shall be preven ted fro m perlionnir1g i1is sti1:ulatcd f er\'ice at the ·pJa,;:c \ Y11ere the sam:· \\·,1.s t-o Ii.ave bet·n perfo rmed, s tand dis ­so:,.,ed , a,1d s uch ~:-c rvant shall be entitled to claim from the rn q;; t-c r s uch w ag es or other remun eration, at the ra h· s p-edfie tl in the contract of service, as s hall ha \·,,~ li,-en ea rned up to the time cf t he rdusal beforr mct,tio11ed, together with wagl'S a nd r e­mui~•eratiOil aft~r the dale aforesaid for the period of 0 1:e rfl Oiith addJtio nal, Qr unti l the eixpiration of th-e <X> 11 l i·:ict ,of service, in case it shall e xpire

. Official Gazette, ·,1st Sep1eirnbilr, 1920. 1 7 () 9 .., . within on,e month from the time of such refusal: P rovided always. that wiwn 1wtke -of his intention io r.emove as aforesaid, ·or to ~end such servant as aforesaid, shall haw been givt'n bv s uch master, such additionai wag-es and rvm~,neration s hall not in any cas,e -be due or ~ayable for a ny period longer than on{; month •trom the date of such notice,

41. Nothing herein contained shaij annul or affect any special agreement or ;sti]lulation made in .any contract o f s·erviCl' -Or appre!1ticeship, whereby t!·te servant o r apprentice •shaH be bound to ac­company b is master, or ,to gu to any piaC<', to wUch the master shall ,remov~ llis residence or place ot t radv or ·business, or (Jrder such servant ·or appr,en tice to g.o and there Per!o rm the service stipu la t·~d in s uch c9ntract. ·

42. When any fem al e servant or a t;prentice shall be lawfully marri1ed during the C'un:ency of he r s tipul­;:.ted term ot servic.:, her husbantl may at any time s ubs-equei t to w ch m arriage di:;;;olve the cuntract o-i . s-ervlcc or appren ticeship, anu rerno\'e his \vife from ber master's service, if ht_: shall think fit so to du, and shall ,be l'llfitled fr, c.laim the \rnges and o tl!,er r{'muneration which inay have become du e to h :r, fo r ,service,~ previu u~ 10 su ch removal, b ut shall b,e liabk to her mas tt:r for a ll damage whch her maskr may ,su,.tai ,i bv such removal. But such damages shail '.in IH~ cas;; exceed the amuwit o1 the \\·ag'l:s ,,·hich she \•·(>Uld have earned beh n·en the time oi her marri,wc a nd the time 01 the t'xpiration oi' her service,. ,~;l she continued in such servict:: uu ti: ~uch exr:ir ?. tion.

43. The n:as_tcr ~i any female ~en•:rn t or apprentice '.\·Lo ·:iurrng rh e curr~ncy ot i1 , ,1· stip,ulated term ot service ,.hall marry or enter _;r,t u anv state \\·hkh in tbs Prot1ectorati· is or shall be r~puted to be t he marr iagt' state, shaH, \\!her i_; s uch servant or aqirenticc is, by Ler ,c;ontract u f s errice o r ap­prentiC(•ship, bound tu r e;;id':' •. ·or to perform c.kme.,iic Sl'rVice in tLe huu~e U;• on the premises c ·, bei: master, be entif;ed, at ailt time subs1;4uent to ~uc.'h marr.iag'e or reputed ma·iTiage, to dissolve such contract and dismiss SU,'h servant or ap­::: renticl· and \1·Len such ;:.ervan t or ap­pre;1 tice is not by such contra q bound io reside or to pe rtonn domestic servicf: in the house or o:: t L,e r- r~·m ises of ·he:· mas ter, iit shall be entitled to dissolve such contract, and di-:1niss such servant or ar;prenticc frn m his serdce, \1:henever she sh;ill by reas,cn of leer •pregnancy or •.ie!h·erv o f a child, becom,- disabled from 1~edormi11!1 :the s'erdce ,,·l1ich by such rnntract· sh·e .is bou_n d ' to p 1:rform; but ar:y such servan t ,or appr1·nt1cc :;o dismissed on aCCOUi1t of ber marriage•, Or e,i l tr ill t!' into a state sc r,epukd as afor,esaid to be rht ~ a rriage state, 0, vf preg;nancy or •d c:l ivery o f '-:ltild, s lrnll b e en­titi•ed to cl aim from ,her master tii,. wage:; and every ohe,· n·mun·era tion which shall h,!Ve becom e due to \~ er for her se:·\'ices pre;:iou"h· to the date o f sud dismissa l; and the maski !Jefore being en­t:tl-ed b dismiss such servani :,, apprentice shall be tound t <oi r;,Ly and satisfy th ,: ,arne,

Pa rt V. JUR1SDICTIO:\l OF i'viAOIS't!<.ATES A1\D

O FFENCES. 44. T be M agistrates w it hin t his Proi~:cto raie s hall h ave

jurisdiction in aii \.'.ac:es a1ising i '.1 tb·ir respective districts betw!:en masters and itieir servan ts and .ar:prentiu,s, and \\'ith re! erenn, t<) their relative ,id+~ a'.Ht duties, o,· ti, all\· "• '.ttti·r o r thirw or -o+fenc,· as ti) w1:ich r1w:i,ion _;~ made hv ''thi!-' Prodama tion. ·

45. Even· .'vlagistrak l·.a;: jurisdic,(,_-; :·i in an'- ~uch i::2,,,e · a-; :don;s.aid brought hefw~ him aQai;1s t a'.JV

~;~~;~;:, , \~

1~;ro~~d2'~/~r::h '\'.}!1t a:~~e d!.~;;:1~~

the district o r nor, or whether the person against w hom the cas~· i s brrmght h as h is normal re3idence or r,lace of abod(• .in that district or not; but the: Magistrate shall wht never it shall appear to him t hat any such cas,e can be more conveniently tried or det(·rmined hy th e Magistra1e of any other district, dis miss such cas,e. 'and in event of his doi ng s·•J , ,1·hie:r, the.servant or apprentice is accused of desNtion, and wheil 'he s hall ·have p robable cause sl1'()\\·n to him ,qy oath o r affidavit of ,a ny crediblt• rerson for believing thi,- to be a fact !such ,\'lagistrate may, if he think fit, issue a warrant for the conv,·yance ,under ,sure custody of s:uch s ervant o r appr{:ntice to ,the town or place where tr,e Cuurt of such other ,Magistrate is held : Proyided t!-:t, master shall ,undertake to pay the ex­p ens{:s ot s uch conveyance and the ,J\,\agis trate, by \\·hom ihe causl' shall ultimately be tried or d-ecidl'd, s hall a d ju dge by which of the parties t t:e said ,-xi:ense shall •be paid,

-rn. Any s,ervant or appr,-ntice may be finet! any sum not exc{:eding one pound s terling· and in c.iefault of payment ,if the ,same may be imprisoned with or ,\'ifroui hard labnur for any reriod, not -..·xceeding one m,mfr, in. case he s hall be convicted of any of the following acts or instance;_ o f misooinduct. (1) It lie shall ,afkr having entered into a contract

ol service fai! o r refuse \Yitl:out lawful cau se to commenct· sud: <;ervice at the s tipu i'ate<l time

(2. It during tl'.e titn:• of such contract he shall \ 1;i tbout ieav,, or other .Ja \\·ful cause a bsent himselt from his ma~kr's premises or other r::lace p rov ~r and a ppointed for the perform­ance oi b is work.

(3; Ji Le shall uniit -h imself for the rroper per­formance of J-i is \\'ork •during working hours by b-ecoming o r being intoxicated.

(-!) H be shall n~:gled io perform any \VOrk which i t was his duty to ha,'.e p-2rformed or if he sha:l carelessly or negligently do any work w hich from its . nature it \ns his duiy iundcr his contract to have performed carefully and prop erly.

(s: ff he shal! \\'ithout kave and for his own pur-• r.JO:;;es makt• use ot any i:orse, vehicle or ;other property belonging to or in the possession of h is master.

{(l; lf he shall rd use to obey any order of his master or of any ircrson lawfully placed by hi s mastrr in authori ty uver him which 1order it was his duty to obey.

(7) If Le shall makt~ anv brawl or disturbance in , or at his master's clwelling house, or on his

master's land, and after b eing, by his 1.iaster or any other p,crson p~aced by his mas ter in a u tboritv over him, dt!sired to desist, shall not­wi thsta1;ding, contirnr-e making such brawl or disturbance.·

{S'. If t e shall ust· anv abusive, insu.Jting or . tf':r;eatenin~ language or acti<m to or towa rds

his master or his master's wife or famil y or to or towards any p,erson placed by his master in authority over h im.·

47. In the cas,:· .of .a sec0nd or subsequent convicti:on· under th{' last preced ing section w ithi n the space 01 six months n ext a fter anv former co1wiction t he ·ofk ncler m;;y be fined any s um not exceeding thre" r,ounds sterling- and in default of paym ent the ,·eof may be imprisoned and kept at hard labour for any p eri od not •-xceedin;~ :,ix weeks with or 'l':itlwut "olihuv confinemr·nt and with or with­out sr,are Jid :" P rovided ·that upon a conviction uncle:· fre next ensuing sect:on fol!o\yed w ithin six months by a,C'onvictirm und·e:- the last preceding s·ectili': fr, ,:,•fe rvler sllai• ie n:ible t~; the like

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punishment, as if bo th oonvictions had been had under th'l' last preceding section.

48. Any ;:,ervant shall be liable on convictio n {or any of the foHovtin g •offonces to a fine of three pounds stediug and in default of ,payment to imprison­mient 1or a r.11:'.riod :not exceeding two months with .or withn ut 'h.ard labour, with o r without spare diet, and with o r witho ut soli tary confin.emP.nt, or tJo imprisonrn•ent as aforef.aid \\'ithout the o ption of a fin,e, that is to say : .. _ (I ) If he sliall by wilful breach o i du ty n r by

rnegkd o f duty vr ,through drunkenness d{) any .act tending to ;the immediate loss, damage or s,ef'ious risk of any pro1;<•rty placed by his maskr in his 'chargl' or placed by any other person in his c'harg,, .for delivery to o r o n ac­count of his m aster. ·

(2; If he shall by1,,ilful br<'ach ,of duty o r by negl ect •of duty or through .drunkemwss ref.use or :omit to do any la\\'lul ·act pror,er and n ·quisite to be d,on,e by h-im for ·1}reserving in safety any property rlaced by h!b master in his cha1-g-e o r plaoed by any o ther person in his charge for ddivcn· t:::i nr ·on lacoount ,at hs m aster. ·

(3 . If hei1ig vmployed .as .a herdsman: (a) he slrall fail to report to his mas ter on the

-earl,k-st opportunity the death o r loss of any anim a ls p-laoed in his charg,·, \Yhicl1 he aDe zcs to ha,·e died or been lost; or

(b) if he shall fail ;to procs-erve for his m aster's us-e o r inspection any part o r part, of su ch animal, aiter bl'ing instructed s·o to do. unl,es~: s;uch h,·rdsman shall pr~)ve tl ,e death o\ such animal to . the sati~:faction of th<..· Court; or

(c) ii l,,e sha'I irreooYerably :ose :-tock by his O\\'ll act or ·default. \

(4' If, being ,-mpk)yed in any capacity other than foal 0 1· a 'hierdsman, he shail a1Le.4e t ile loss o f any priop,erty pla,:cd, in llis charge by :H for his m aster and if it shall b t, made by hi;, master tu ap1 ~ear that th{_· property in que.slion could nut hav,e b,e11 Inst \\'ithom his HCt or default.

(S) H he shall 1\'ithout la"ful ecrns:· depart from his master's S<· rvice ,dth inteni not to ·return thereto.

49. In the casl' ·of a f.ec,,nd or suhsequent conv'.cti-::rn umLer t he last p:·e ced ing secti:011 \\'ithi11 the space oi sh mo nths next .after any i o rmer conviction, the off.endn may be fined any sum no t exceeding five pounds ,'.teriing and in default nf payment thereof may be imprisoned with or without hard labour, with or without ·soliiary confinem:· nt, and with or \\·itho ut spare 'did, for any period not ex­de<·ding three mon ths or, at the discreti-0 11 of th~ Magistrate, may be· imprisoned as a fo resaid wi th­out the ,1pti,0 11 of a fin,c, : Prodded that upon con­vkhon under section iortY six of this P roclam­ation, fntlow-ed within six in,onths by a convictio n u nder the l.ast p receding section, the offende r shall be liabk to foe li-ke punishment, as if both con­victions had bevn had under the last pn'.ceding s,edi•on.

50. No i ine paid or p l' riod of impris;) n111e11i undcr­wme under this P roclam at~o11 -by a servant or appr,enticP shall ha,·e the erfcct -of canceiling tl 1c contract ·or s•ervict· or- -apprenticeship.

51. Nothing in any o f th<c preceding sections from 4(i to 49 indusiv:e nor in section 52 shal l cxtt'ncl or apply b s:e rv,Lnts -or apprl'ntices u udel' the age ot sixtec;n Y-ears .and the aforementioned sectio ns shall only apply to (a) s,e, van ts a nd .apprentice.'. engaged in a::.>;riculture:

or 'empl-oyed t-o. ·work -on farms; (b; a'l1y maii s•en' ant tm1pfoyed as · a domestic

s,errnnt or to p{: rf.orm any bDdily labour in

manufadu,.es, ;or indiu-s tries o r as a boatma;;, porter, or -c.,thN occupat~on :of a like naiure.

52. Any s1ervant 0\ apprN1tice, other than those com­ing und t· r the ·.ldinition .in paragraphs (a a nd ·(b) ·of tbe last prc\:eding sectio n, not being- under the age of sixfreq years may: (1) if he s hall, iftN having entered into a contract,

fai : or r,etas,e w ii:h<;ut ·lawful cause to com­mence the · service at .the stipulated lime:

(2; if 1:-e shall, \v ithout ;!•;:ave o r othe r lawful cause, ab~;ent hin-1sdf from his ·master's premises ·()r o ther _pian: pwper and appointed for the per · iormance ,,f his work: .,

(31 ii he shali, during \\'Orking hnurs, udit him • s,elf for tl;, pro per 1performance of his work by bemmi,1g- o r being intoxicated ;

(4) if b·e shall rwgie::t to perform any work which it \\'as his duty ·to have pNformed, or if he shail ::ar,ci•-ssly or improperly perfo rm any work wUJ1 from its natur•e it was his duty, unde r his :' :ntract, h hav,· rerformed carefully and proFeHv;

(S) if he sha:i \\·.ithout 1,·ave, or for his o\\T,

purpose, 11.:1kc use of a.ny horse. ,·ehide o:· other p np:.·rty be:o nging to his master ;

(ti) H be shall l··fu,.e ·?O obey any command of his master ·o r of .any •pc.rs-on lawfully placed by his mas~er in autho; ity ·ovN him, whiclt com~ m and it wi\,; his -dutv to <>bev;

(7) it lre shall liy ,wilfui b;·ach ·of duty o r by negle.l:t ·of duty o ;' throug h 1drun~e111wss; do any act tending ;r' ti•:' i1tunediate ,joss,.,, ,da m age or seri·o us ri, k o\' a ny :property placed by his master in his clla rg,· o r place~l by a11y othe:­r•erwn i;1 li is charg,.· .for deliYery to or on a c-0ount 01 i+, ni'aster;

(8> ii f he sha ll ih .,yjlful bi ,,·at h of d.utr or by neg-Je,~: ,of duty ,. !. through clrnnke·n ncss, ·refuse o ;· omit to d,, any .b\\'iul act prop,er ar,d r: quisite to be don~ hy him for fq rn·a rdin;; in safety a,1y pro1.:c' •ty r,la~ d by ll is maskr i11 his charge ·;o,· d..J i\·ery tP or on account of his maste r;

(9) i1 1i:e sh ali us· a ny abw·.ive o r i n;;u lti1: g langu­age Li h: ,; i'!artn l)r his master's \\·i1c o:· 1,0 at:y pe rson pl,, ,_.,_.d by his m a,. te1! in authority over l: im, calct•h tcd to rrovoh a b reach of the peace;

hl.' lined all\· ~t1rn int 1·xce1·d in:z"m·,; 1n unds and i:-. derault ·of P) 'lJ(·i.t be ·se :itenc.cd to imprisnnrnent for any peridl n-ot t·xceeding one month; but if -it shall appe,n that such ~'.: •rvant or app rentice is ab!•e t:.J pay 11i(: damage caused hy such act or doetauit a.s in this ,c.-ecti,011 afn rcsaid, ir shall be oompe-h-11 t for t!:e Magis trate, whether tile master shall .a.g-!!e,• th)l e to o r not, io proceed under s·ccti•o:1 55 ot this P r,1c:amation. '

53. Any s.erva m ,Ji' a ppr: n!Le w h, , may be ~:ei1tcncec ~o imprisoi:111/!!\ for an offrnce u nder t his P rod3.m· ation shall 1•et• !r11 to his master irnmediatelv on the oompl-et i-on oi th•. terms ·of impri:·,oamcn t u11less tli,~ oontrad o1 s,e ',ic.·. has been ca nrc:led hy tile Magis-­tra t,e as iwrci"alter pro,idcd and in case- hl' shai: n,egk d t-::1 do yo he may he c,onvicted of ,bei ng ab­S<·.nt w ' thout '·•,in· 1mm his masie1 's pcrni:,;cs anc. be s,.:11tence J to imprisonment \\·ith or \1·itho m hard labour. 1, 'th or •\\·ith:JUt soiharv C-Oiifiil:·men-: and with -~/ ,'>'itJw ut •s ,~arc• diet for :~ny per iod ·110~

•exc.i,ed ing 011 ~ month and s-o o n {or successive< v eri,ods of oii;, month .unti l ·he shail con$ent i10· resum:: his 1°cr\' ice under the contract: P rn\'ide.d however that ho se;-van t ,o r appre.1tice shall ttmler this ~iecbon I:" imr,tisc) ned continuously and ,1·W1-·out any intJe,·1i1 di at e re,um1: ii, n ·Oi ~e ·vi,~e und-e:· h is contract _(fr l,ong-er .than s ix morntha~ in all.

5-l. Th1· numter :,i days for which a servant 'or ap­prentice ma~· be .absent irom his master's seryice

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by reason oi dese:·lion ·or qnlav,·ful absence or of imprisonmient tor any offon·{:e ,under this Proclam­ation or during whic.hihe rn,n· be employed in going to, being at and .returning- from a Magisiracy in cormedi-on with an otfonct 1prnveJ against him under this Proclamation sl1all ,b"- deemed to be .added tio the term 1of servi0e originally agreed to and the term of service sliifll be incomplete until th>e expiry ,ol ,all 'such adde~l days.

55. As olft.n ao:. any" prnperty ,,f tbc masier slta,1 be lost or damag1ed by mwans of any act or omission of bis s,ervant or apprentice, which act or omission is by this Proclamation :dieqared to be an offence, it shall b,e lawful dor the J\bgistrate, should he so think fit, and th1e •master ,sh,l!I there'.·o agree, tu as­oerbin whether such serVai\t .or apprentice is able to make compensation for ~·q.ch J,oss o; dama~~·e, and if so, to fix ,the amount of such compensation, and to make such order ,as tu the ,pavinent thereof, •eit:lwr at once or !by instali;1ents out of \\'ages to be· ye; c,trned, x ·,otLcrwisl", a~· shail scern reason­ab:1e and just, and in the meantime., and until de­fau;t madte in such ,payment; or in the payment of some suc-h ino:talnwnt, t,1 lleler passinI sentence upon tbe party u1fonding; but such 1\hgistrater s1iall pr,esc'rve on record thi: evidence in the case, and, np,on a~plication o l the ,master, and proof given, ui:-on uath, of._somt· sud1 default as aforesaid, shall issue his warrant foic the apprehension of such servant or apprentice, and shall pronounce upon him such s·entrnce as, re<Jard being had to the circumstances of the -O!'igit~al offence, and to tbe degree in which such se1\'ant or appre-:1tiec has made, or failed to,make, the compensation ordered, shall appear d::iuitab!e and just.

5fi. As olfrn as. tbe master of ;in\· se,·vant who shal1 b{• convicte~I ot any offenci: under this Proclam­ation shall desire cancetlati.lrn •Ot the contract of servk<c the Court before which such servant is convicted may order the ,ca,1cellation of the same and tbe same shall :be iSancelled accordingly: Provi,ded ~hat ~uch cancc·lh!tion '_s.haH not prevent the ,·xecution ·ot any ,sentence which the Court may proni1uncie or may baVt· 'j)f0110Unced upon the otf,end-er for bis offence. : ·

57. Whenever the master s.t11ill have caus.ed any s,ervant or apprentice to ,be brought before a Magistrate to answer any drnrge preferred against him by such master and s1kh master shall fail in octafoing the conviction ol, such S(•rvant or ap­prentice, then the Magisrrn!e. shiould he so tt1ink fit, may at th;e ,dl'sire of suc)11 servant or apprenUce order the cancellation of thi~ contract of service :or apprenticeship and the same shall be cancelled ac­cordingly.

58. Whenever anv master sh<lll be convidecl ,of as­sau:ting bi" servant the {'.,mrt ,may, shuuld the SNvant ~.o desire, <Hder the cance]ation of the contract ol s,ervi.ce. or ; appr:enticeship and the same shall be cancelled ;ac(,:ordingly.

59. No Sl'rvant or ar,pre;1tice ::hall be c-0nvictcd under any ot the foregoing sectinii;, o-F the Taw unless the mast-er sha:1 lodge 1his compJ.aint within six \v,eI,ks next after the ,day .on wltic'h he hecame cognhant o: th:· •offe:ice m alleged •orfcnce.

60. (1 !~ _shall . b,•. law'lul for the master of any s,ervant 1;t he has ,reason,ibie c'ause to susp,ect such s,ervant -oi· having c;;_,mmitkd ,anv offence against the provisions ot Hart V of this, Proclam-ation t,,) 1ordier tb~ said s,:".rvant to proceed in his the sa,id master's compa,1v ,before a Mao,istrate

having jurisd1cti1on as afore~aid to answer a ~barge of having committed such offence,

(2; Any servant who si1al1 n,cglect or refuse to obey any such 1ordcr shall he Ij,able to be arrested hv lie: •nastier without w,nrant and convt'yed in

his custody before such ,Magistrate to he dealt with according to la\, : Provided always that no servant shall be bound or oblj,ged to. obey such order as afor<·said unle2.s ,or until he shall be in­formed of tht· nature ,.of the charge which his master intends to prefer against h:im .

G1. Sb:Juld any complainant who shall hav,· ,varne:d any such ddendant as afore1said .to appear as afo11esaid himsdf fail to appear at the time fixed by him for the ,appearance of such defendant then and there to prosecute his ,complaint, the Magis­trate upon pniof by .affidavit that such ddendant was warn:ed by ·sw.'.h :complainant to appear at the said tim,, to ,answer a charge .of a certain nature, shall, unleso:. satisfied that such wmplain­ant had a gond 1and su!fici,ent reasnn. for failing to appear at sudlirtim,·, ascertain the distance \\ihich such defendant shall have travelled, and the distance which any person or persons shall have trav,e:kd whom such defendant ,shall have brought with him as witn,ess,es, and shall, urxm bei,ng satis-1i1ed that sucti: witnesses would or might have b:cl'n necessary "\or ·bh~ ,defence:, nuke an order in ,niting against such complainant for we pay­ment of the expenses of such: defenda,nt and his ,,.,·itn,esse£., if -any, 'at .and after the same rate as if ,each ot the said ,persons had been a witneiss sum­mon,ed at the instance of the Public Prosecutor, and attiending to ,giv('. ,eviden,cc i,n the ·court of such Magistra~e upon a criminal cast·, ·and if such comrla:inant shall, upon presentation t·o him of such ,order by ,the person or persons in whiose favour th,e same shaa ,luve been made, refuse or rneg:ect to comply there\\"ith; •he shall incur .and be liable to a fine. not exceeding five pounds ster­ling, and in default ,,of paymt\nt of the same. to jm­prisonm'ent, with or without hard labour, for any period ll{Jt exceeding one ,month: Provide.ct that onte such order may include the exp•enses ,of all or any ot the ;persons whose expenses are to be paid, or s1eparat<' orders ,may be delivered to one or mor,e of such 1pe.rsons, as may be most con­v:enient.

62. Sbould any servant or apprentice who shall have complain('.d ag-ainsr his master tor or on account ol' any oUence ,aga'inst any .of th,e provisions of this Proclamation fail to appeal' at the tim!'l fixed by tbe Magistrak for the ,appearance of the de­f,endant then and there:io prosecute his comph'int, thie '\'lagistrate may, unless satisfied .th'at sudh complainant had a g()od and sufficient reas,on for failing to appear at ,.such time, ascertain in the man111er jn the last ·preceding 1secti:0n menti,oned the expenses and costs which the defendant has 11easonab:y incurred in appearing to answer such complaint, and hie shall in the ma,nuer in the last pneoeding section mentioned order ,the payment by thie oomplaiinant of such' costs and expenses; and if, on thle p•resentation to -him of the order therein menti1oncd by the person, .in, ,whlose favour it is made, such complainant shall, rdus•e ,or neg,lect to comply therewith, he shall incur and be liable to thle sam{•. ifoe, and in default of payment thereof, to thie same punishment, ,as ,.is fixed in the last pre.ceding section: Provided 'that one such order may include the expenses ,of ,all or any o f thie p,ersions wh~1se ,expenses are to be p.aid, or· separate -ordNs may be dci:ivere,d to one or 1non' of such piers:ons, as may be 1most .convenient. -

63. No S('rvant or apprentice who sh,all leave the plade of his S(•rvice for the purpose merely of lodging any complaint which .hie may have against his master after leave for that purpose shall have' 1Jecn unreasonah'.y refused shall .by reas,on only ·of his so l1ea.ving -h(· deemed to have deserted his master's :c:cervice or to have in · any wise contra­vened this Proclamation

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64. A St·rvant .or app rentice summo ned to answer for or chargie<l with an ,oifence alleged in the summons or cha rgtes to b~•in contravention of secfron fortv­si x of. this Proclamation' should l'Vidence gi \'en in th~ case ,show that he is gu ilty of ·contra­n ·ning n·ot section forty-six but secti-on forty­d:ght may be L'Onvicted and sentenced accord ing to the PViden ce; and ,in like manner anv servant or app11ent.ice ch·arged with ,contravening section forty-<ight may be f()und guilty of 0ont.ravening st•dion forty -six, pro\'idecl ho\\·eyer, that the 1mnishmen t to be awarded upon a conviction in ,eithl'r of these cases shall not exceed the punish­nwnt pPovi<led by the , said sectimt forty-six; p11ovid:ed forth-e r, that the servant or apprentice shall hav,e had -in ,l'verv case sufficie nt i1otice of the na.tu11e- ,of t he ,charg e' which he was called upon to answ er

li5. Ew ry master \Yho shall \\·ithhold , he \Yages of anv Sl·rvant \\·ithout his cn nsent a nd without 11e;wnabk and probable cause for helieving that the wages so withheld ·were not really due shall on (.1on,·idi-011 ble liabfr .to a fine n-ot <:xceeding fi\'e pounds and in -defau lt nf paymt·nt W irnp risoninent wit!; o r without 'hard labour fo r a period not ex­deeding :one month.

E,,;ery mas te r who shall \\'ithout lawful cause dism iss any servant and ,shall fail to ray to such serYant such sum .as ,may be-come due as datnages by reason of such unlawful dismissal shall be liable on 001wiction to a tint.: not exceeding five pounds and in defaul t ,of paymrnt to imprison­m ent \Yith or w itho ut ,ha rd l abour -for a pi_·riod no-t ,excl'eding ~)ne m o.nth.

fi(i. (l ) Wh{' nevcr any 1}erson shall he co nvicted u nder t he provisions of the las t preceding- section the Magis trate shall, besides passing the sa id sentence give judgment for the su m du~ a11d fo r the oosts, if any, of the r:iroceedings which costs shall be the same ,as in cidl case3 bet-ore the s aid Court.

(2, In ca~e th<: .said wages, sum and CO$t s be not paid thle ·s aml' shall be levied of the mo,·able property of the master ·under and by virtue of a w a rrant undt>-r the hand of the !'vl agistrate· to gether \\0ith the cost .of such levy. ·

(3,: Wll'ent>ver and as 1Qften as the Magis trate shall acqui t the .'Tiast-er of t he said offence but shall yet fi nd that wag-es -or damages are due by such mas ter ~o s uch S(' rvant it shall be la\\·ful for such Magi strate and he is here by required. to g-ive Judg­ment for the sum which he sh.all find to be due to such servant a nd •shall mah such order as to cos ts as shall seem .to him to he in acco rdance with n-al and substantia l justice. ·

67. As ofkn as the -master of any sen,ani o r ap,prenti-ce shall be oonvickd of th-e offence of having, either befure or aft-er -the expfration of the contract of service or apprenticeship, upon dem and made and_ without la\\'ful cause. refused -to deli\'er or permi t to be tak-en ·away any of such servant's o r ap­p11en tioe's cattle, sheep, g oats or other animals, lawfully 11emaining o r b (•ing upon such master's land without reasonabh- ;md p-robable cause for beli.t-ving that ·the ',animals in quesiion \\'ere law­fully detained, -such master s hall be fined a uy sum not ,exceeding one-pound sterling tor e\·ery animal so unlawfully detaiuc·d: p m:.•ided, ho\\'e\·e r. that tll!e t-otal anrnunt :of ,a Hne so payable shall not exoced the surn •pf ,fiYe pou nds sterl ing a ltogether; and in default :of _p.aym,·nt, shall be imprison ed for any period not (.·xceeding one month; and the con­victi ng Mag istrate sha:!, besides passing the said sent1:nce, g:h-e judgmc:nt fo r the deli\'(: ry of the said a11-imals, and for cnsts , as in a ciYil actio n _b,,fore th e said Court, which cost s. if not paid, s l1all he

l,evit-d in tht same manner .:s in s ubsection :(2) of s-<:ction (:i(; t,f· ·this Procl'amati:on, di rected ; but the fad that lht contract ·o f service or apprenticeship ,of s uch sen-ant or 'apprentke has not yet e xpired shall not be) ck~med or taken t o he of itself reason­ahk -or pr:,bable ·cause .for su ch detenti-on : Provid-· ,ed, how-c·v-s ·, th.at not hing herein contained shal1 impair t he 1d fect :of •any express cont rad of a law­ful kind, b.1 f.o roe of which! the mas ter shall claim a light tio 11!tain any su ch ,rn ima ls as aforesaid.

fi8. As o lt.-.n as the.master r) f any servant or apprentice shall be co.tvicfod of ·the ,offence of failing, upon demand , to supply ,or de-liver t o such servant o r ap­p11entice tlqi food, ·clot hing., bedding, lodging, o r other ar tid , s stipulated for in any w ritten contract -of siervior nr a1,prenticeship, or of sup plying or ddiYering fo: '.d , d o thing, bedding, lodging o r o ther a rtides nor conformable ·to •the sa id contract, he s hall be lial)!e b be fined any sum not _;: xcccdin.g f in- pound~ ~:terling, and in default o f payment to imprirnn1n tnt for any period not exceeding one month,

G9. As oiten a:-; it shall he made to appear tn a com­petent Cou;t in any lease institu ted by any ~ervant o r app11entk1t: agains t his master that ihe contract !Of se rvic'C' J r apprenticeship has no_t been faith ­fullr and fairly 1;,erf.ormr•d •b _\' the master, the Co urt may at l1 1,r: ,instancl' .of the servant or apprentice o rder the o ncellatio n -of such (.'{)ntract -of serYi:·-e o•r apprcnticesl1ip and the same · shall be cancelled acoordingly,

70. As o ikn a:, any master shall complafu ag ainst his s erva nt o r 1pp rentice, or a ny servant or apprentice sh all com;,lain against his . mast-er, fo r or Oil acoount of ,my .offenc,· :against the provis·i-ons of this Procl ,.111atjon, the ,process ·,of the Cour t nor compelling th l'. 'attendance o f.the party accused and :of a.11 1;,ecdsary \d.tnesse~, ,shall ,be instituted at t11-e rub'i<: d1arg,· and without any fees of Court: Provided a \nys, t hat if .at .the. t rial the charge shall appear to !1an.· been brought \\'ithout reasonable and prob:ilie cause, ·the party comp!aininJ shall be ii.able to a 'fine ,no t exceeding five pounds sterling a nd als,o i n defray .th l' costs of the process and iof th.e w itnes, ,~s in the case; and in .default of payment of such fiile and costs shall b·r liable to be :im­pri~o n-ed f',,r any period .not exceeding one- month-: provided, ;ils,1, th at such,fine may be impos ed upon the ,occasit-111 of such trial, and witho ut any fresh action t>r ·,r-oceedin~· •for the recoYe ry t h~re:of.

7L If any ch.iltl un(kr the · agr. of sixteen yea rs ~halt' b e \ \ 'POng-j,ii.!ly ddained oy any perso.n as a servant -or inmate, tlw Magistraie ,o f the district in which it shall be 90 ;detained, shall ha ve jurisdiction to '◊relier th-l' 'estorati:on ·of such child to such ·of its pa1·ents o r guardians as ,would, under this Proclam­.at bon, be , ll'tifed to a pprentice such child. if then abo ut to be appre nticed: ,P rovided, ho \\·c,·er, tl1at should it he m ad<: t1) appear, upon t he hearin:5 of any such li.1s;e, that -the person co mplained against -orig.inally ,btained th ,, chi ld in a lawful rnannar, and when an ;infant und1· r the age of five y ears, and that tbe rarc-ni claiming the same has so acted in r~' ference to the s aid child, and to the person hrit1ging it up, as to mak1! it a b reach pf g-ood faith o n tb1e ·part o f such parent to seek to tak!e it a \ny, :as.h-c. o r she now s eeks to do. and{hat 'ft,oin t he rharack r of ·the sa1d paren t, the purpose for which lie o r ,;he appe.ars to de3ire to obtain poss,e.;sio 11 o t the child, o r other circumstan ces, it will be fo ' the man ife:,t benefit of the said chiid to l'emain ·,1·ith thc ;p.erson 1\'ith who m it is residing'., th an to bf d,•livercd •to the parent applying> then the Ma.gis-ra k shal l refu~e ,io o rde r the dclin ry of the said l'ili!d, h-aYing it to the .pare .1 t a pplying for th e sam,· \o take su ch o ther procee-di n:;:-~:, it a1iy,

as he or she ·mav be advised; ,Hid such tv\aa-istrate may, in the meantime, authoris~ the perst~1 rear­ing such child to retain possessi,,n thereoi.

72. In any cas.(• bet\\'een a master c1nd h;s servant {Jr app11e:ntic.1e in which the Jvlagf~trate shall have ·givien judgmen t in favour .of st.kh servant .or ar­p1;entioc, and such master s hall :tppeal from such judg·m;ent or ap.ply to ,have th e same reviewed, it sh all be the duty -,.of the Cmwn brosecu lor, in case such a ppeal or application shall br, b rought befo re the High Court (providl'd the said Crow n Prn­s ecutor shall bl' called upon so to do) to appear for and c,onduct the casi, ,of s~ich servant or ap­p-1,entic(i, free of all .charge or ex11ense whateve!f.

73. If the master ,of any servant or apprentice ctllcging · matter of com plaint .against Sikh servant o r a;>­

p11entic.e for any .act •punishahli:: w~de r this Pro­clamati·on shall make dcpositioq on oath bef'Ore a Magistrate tha t 1,·e be'.ie\es (s tating the g round of his be]id) that in order to s_enire the <1-ppearance of such s,ervant or app rentice before the .Court having jurisdiction to try.the ca;;e the apprehensio.llJ ,ol' such ser\'ant or .apJHl'ntice i::, necessary it shalt be lawful f.or such ii'Yl agistratc r, , issue his wa rraut for the apprehension of such se!'nnt or appren.rice without any pPe\·ious \\·arning or -sum mons: PPovidect, ho\YtYer, that if th,~· mas ter of any servant oi:- ap p rentice shail mate such deposltio:1. ma];b o usly an d \\'ith;: u t reasonable and probabie ground for be:if'ving the ;sam,;: to be true such master shall b :· liab le to be l'lncd anv sum n,:t 1excceding fi\'e p~unds a nd in ;iefault ,;f p.:..yment foer",ot to be imprisoned for c1 nv period not ex:-ce('ding one mrrnth. ·

74. H any servant o r . appi•enti ::,. is charged w;th: having without l.a\\·ful callSe d1·serted from his master's servke it shall .be la,\'fu l for any Malfis ­trate to issu e his ,rnrran_t for t i1e a,.nprehensio~" of such se1~vant or appren uce Wi(hJut any previo-u, warning or summons.

75. O n 'tlH· irial ·of ·,anv case \fl\ercin any master servant or app~e: niice is d,~rged with ha\'i'.:.g ~ontr,l\1e1wd any o'f the -.p r0Vi3ions of this P ro~ damahon, the w ifl' or .husbai,t[ of such accus,eid shall he a competent 1but not cr-impellabk witness.

7(i. No mas tN, servant 0 r appH:iHice charged wi.fo having contra~1enc.d ,any o'. tht:, provisions of this la,\·, and w ho is w)t 1mmc•d1atd_i· before the hcari:ig of such charg,c in ,_actual custDdf; shall be compelled to enter the dock .or place usually assigned fo::­prisoners under trial in ,the Coult, or shall be ot her­wise treated as under arrest di.!ririg the hearing of such charge: P rovid,·d, that ifo in the opinion of 11,,e M agistrate bdore whom th~ charge is heard, it shall b e necessary, i n •orde r to ~t:cure the ati"cnda11re •of such master, •servant .or 2lp,prentice, thai he should be :pfaced sin custody, i t shall be lawful for such Magistrate to cause SHd1 person to be .ar· rested and detained in custodr.

77, In cast• it may be necessary to prosc::cute o r proClel'd against any pers::in •eniployed on any rail­ways, harbours, <"J r puhbc WOfks of t his Pror.ect­!Orabe for contravening any Of the provisi-ons ;of this Prodamation su ch· ·pros1ecution or pr-oci:edir.g may be carried on b:v and in the name of any of the· ,oHioers in charge of the work upon whici~ such s,ervant or .appr,,ntice i,:i empkiYed at foe time of such contrav,-ntion. -

78. In regard b the infl icti•m of SJJ1 1-c diet and solitary c,onfirnemvnt under this P ~ocL\mation, ihe i\1ag1i­trate shall o b serve and .(:<mtonn_ to such restrictions ~nd r,egu~ations as a r{: -tor the time being in force' rn the P rot-ect<:irate by virtue of Proclamation 6 of 191G.

rP art VI. RESPECTING CHARACTERS GIVEN BY

MASTERS TO SERVANTS AND APPRENTICES,

79. N,::i master is hnund to give a character lo any servant who is or .has b l'en in his service o r _to assign any reason for refusing to g i\"e it.

8ll. fa· t· ry master who s-hall kno wingly have gi\'en any falsie cha racter •of his :se rvant .shalt be liable 'to mak,e compensatio n f.or a ny Joss :or damage which: any third party who bv reason of such character gi,:en has h :en induced to take su ch s ervant in to his s•erviec has sustained tbY the misoondud of such S'ervant with reference .to any matter to which such cha racter so given was fals•e.

81. Evc- ry person shall be .liable b a 'fine not exceed­ing fifty pounds ·or .to impris•onment ,vith or with­out hard labour for a p eriod not *~xceeding -011-e ,ie.ar who shall be convicted of any of the f.o)lowing ·offences, namely:- . (1) If hie for the purpose of giving a character to

any SL·rvant or nther person intending to •6ffer himself to b" hired ,as ,a servant shall forge or counterkit and utter an~' certi!ic:lle of such servant's character; ·

(2; If he sh&.Ir falsely personate any other perS-On and as such whether pers-onally or by wri ting giv.e any false, forged or counterfeit character of any s ervan t or othoer perso n -ottering o r in­te nding to offer to hire himself as a servant ;

(3) If h,e shall ofkr ,to hire himse!f as a servant asserting or pretending tha i he has served in any s'ervic{: in ,,-hich he has not actual'ly served;

{4) ff he shall iofiN to hire himse1f as a servant with a false, forg,·d o r counterfeit cer tificate! ·of cha rader;

(5) Jf h e shall ,i n .any wise add to or alte r by effa~­ing l()r ,e rasing or inserti ng any word o r date '.l n any oertificak give n t o h im by his pre3en t or ilormer mastrr o r by any other person duly authoris;ed by any such maskr to gi,•e the same and shall us; !Or attempt to use the samei .as an •induoemcnt to hire him.

Part VII. RESPECTING THE CONSTRAINTS OF

MASTERS, SERVANTS AN D APPRENTICES, _82. E.·,-ry person w ho with ,k no\,·Jcdge o f a m n tract of

-,,ervice s ubsisting between a ,master and l:is servant under the; te.rms whereof such sen rant has Cirnte

. from any country outside the boundary of this Protectorate to enter :into such service (whethe.r such contract be for service within or without this Protecbrak:, shall .induce such servant to leavt'.' the said master's s-en,ic.e ·o r shall take such servant into his s,e r, ·ioe or employment or shall enter int.o any e ngagement fo r himself or -o the rs to employ such servant wht>rebY a b reach! •of su ch contract shalt be caused s hal( ,on conviction be liable to a fine not ,c·xceeding twenty-five p c u nd s or to impri:;on­ment with 'Or without ,hard labour for a p~riod not ,ex01·eclincr three months or to both such fine and such im1;ris·onin,ent and in ·addition thereto it shal1 be com p-etent for the Cou rt to o rder the p ayment t,y such p e rson to :su ch: m aster of any sum w hich su ch maste r has advaneed as wages or expended u nder t he terms ,or t he said contract in payment o i the tran,!Jing eixpenses of such se rvant from his plaoe of residence .to his place of employment a nd such o rder shall b e of the same force and effect and be executed ,in . the samP, manner as if it ·had been a judgment· ,in a civil' action duly insttuted .

83. Ewry person who \\'ith knowledge: ot a contract of servioe subsisting between a -master a nd h is :siervant shall attempt to i nduce the said servant ro 1e:i,·c· the said master'::: service- and t,) ·enter the

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service ·or employment ,of ,himself or any other person shall on conviction •be liable to a fine not ·exceeding ten pounds or in defau:t of payment to imi::risonmtnt with or with-out hard labour foi a period not •exceeding fourteen days.

84. Ewry person who shall be convicted of anv of the fo:t-o ,\·ing off~,nce shall be 'liable- to a fine n•ot exc-rding fifty 1r,-0unds o r to imprisonment with or without hard fabour for a 1:•eriod not ,•xceeding six months or to both su::h iia:e and imprisonmm t, namely:- ·

(L It be shall by vio!err i:e to person or property or by thrieat or intimidation or by mo'.csting or in any way obstructing another

(a) forc.•e or endeavour to ;force anv servar:t o r 10the:r 1wr£on emplnyed for h:re or other remuner­ation to d,ep-.art from hi.s service or work or to return his W{)rk to his master bdore the same shall b:- finished;

(b) pnewnt or e:1deavour to prc\·e:1t any scn·ant o, <Jther person not ·being hireJ or employed i11om hiring hims·e:f _to or accepting service o r work from another pers•on; •

(c) -forc1e ·or ;induc(' or e:1deavour i.o force ,or induce any such s1ervant ·or -such! other p-erson as afore­said to be:ong to any society or ass,o,:iation or 'to contribulte to _any 1:-ommon funds. (2) H hoe shall USt' or emp,I-oy violence to foe

person or property of ,another or threats or in­timidation °clJ" s'hall mo'.•e_,t or in any way obstruct anothN dthcr (a) 011 account of bis not be''.o:1g"ing to any parti­

cu;ar society or a,.soc.iation or not having con~ tribut1ed m having refused -to contribute to .any common fund or to pay any fine or p{•n­alt)'; or

(b) on acco unt of hi.; refusing to comply with any ru)e~, · !Orders, re~-olutions or r_egu'.ations made L) ,obtain an advance ior ro reduce t11e ·rate of w.agtiS or to lessen or to alter ·the quantity of #Ork or to 11egulatc the mode or carrying on .any manutactu11es, tr.ad(', business, work or labour or the management thereof. (3) If h-~· shali by any vio'.-e.1ce; threats, intimid­

.ation, mo:,est.ation or obstruction force or ende­avour t~-.. forde :any manufactur..r or person carrying on an)' trade, businesr, work ,or labour -o,r eng'<lged in agricultm1e to ·malct• any alteraiion in his mode of reguiating, managing, ·oonducting or carrying on fh1e same !Or to focrease ,or limit the numb-er of ~is s,ervants ,or other persons employed by him.

85. Nothing .in th:· last preceding section contained shafl b!e construed to ,subject to punishment ,any persons 1

(1) who shall mieet ,tog-ether for the sole pur­posle of -consu:ting u p~n a:nd det.ermining the rate ,of wagies or p:risce which the pers-ons present .at the mie:·ting ior any of .tbem respective:y shall requi.re or d1emand toi· his ior their s,ervic•e or work, or sha11 pay his or thleir servants r0r other persons em­ployed by 'him or .them ·for their service or "'ork;

(2) who shall e nter into any agreement verbai o r wrrHen among themselves for the purpose

(a) of fixing th!e rak -.of wages or p-rices · which they or .any of ,them shall require or demand for his or their •service ,or \\.'Ork, or sh.all pay to his or thieir -servants sor other P'ersons em­ploy'ied by Nm or 1them for their service or work; or

(b) of fixing_ the number ·of hours of work which he or lhey will ,work, or will require his or their servants or other 1p,ersons employed by h!i:m or them to iwork, .in any manufacttires, trade, busine ;s, fabour or ag-rio'Ullture;

~d no persons so meeting ,together or entering into any agreement 'as la-foresaid ·shall be l.iabl-e to any penalty or ,prosecution ,for s'O ct,oing.

Part VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SG. Whenever a servani or appr~nticc is fined for any offence b-y ,a -competent Court and such fine is paid by th:e maskr ot such s~rvant, the sum so paid by thie .maskr may be deducted by him from such £Jervant's or apprl'ntice's wages.

S7. ~bis Proc;amation shall he known and may be akd 1t0r all purpose,; as the "Master and Servants Proc;amation. 1920".

UOD SAVE T HE KING. Given under my hand at Windhuk this 17th day pf

J uly, 1920. E. H. L. Gorges

Administrator. SCHEDULE.

8,i it remembered -that :on thiS>I.. . day of . . . . in the year ·of Our Lord . . '

A. B. of . . . . . ., and C. D. . . . of . . . . . . ., appeared before me E. F. (Magistrate o r OfficN sr,ecially .a.pp•>intcd by the Administrator to attest contracts .of service for the district, as the '.case may b•e, witb his usua: dt•Scrir,tion) and in my presence sign-cd their names (or made tlwir marks, as the .s:ase may be) to th.c following contract .of service: The said A. B. agrees to ,hire the service of the' said C. D. ,and th<· sa-id C. D. •agree£ ,to r•ender to the said A. B. hisiservide at all fair and 11easonabl-e times, and in the capacity :of . . . . . . . for.. . commendng on f be . . . . . . day or . . i nstant, and termin-a:ting on the . . . . . . . dav of . ., in th•f' year . . · . . . . l -

And it is furth'er ,agr-ced that the said A. B. shall p-ay to the sa'id ·C. D. as such- servant aforesaid wages after the rate of . . . . . . . by the day (week, month or y.ear as-the ca£e may be) and th"at ~uch wages shall he pa~d ·,on the . · . . . day of each week (or month a-; ·thie ,case ,may be) .

(H1ere add any special _agreement compatible with taw, and not adverted to 'i.n this form).

Si.gned A. B . C. D.

P11eceding Agreement was signed by the abovenamied parties in my presence, ;on the day ::tnd year abov,e writkn, vol'untarily, the same befog, as far as I am !able to judg,e, understood by ,them respectively.

No. 35 of 1920.] .

-Signied .

Magistrate (or offi.cer specially appoint-cd by

th:e Administrator to attest contracts of

s,e-rvice for tne Distriti.)

WHEREAS it is desirable to make. prov1s10n in thle PJ10t-ectora,te for the dncorpioration, registration, ad­ministr.ati,on and winding up ,of compani1es and oth-er associations;

AND W HEREAS ii is idesira-b11? ror this purpose to introdurn int,o -this Prio\e d o~ate the practice and system at p-res,ent :ob-ta,ining in 1he province of the Transvaal of thie Union ,of .South Africa;

NOW THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers jn me· vested, 1I do' !:.ere-by declare, procbim and makie known as ,follows:-

1. Ttx• provisions. of the Companies Ad, 1909 1g the province. of the ,Tra,nsvaai of the Unior er, South AfriCil shall, subject to the amendments of :forth i n Scluedul-c "A'' ,heret-o, be of iorc-e and efor within thie Pr-ot.iectorate, and all laws within ,1y,

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P11otectorafo ; epugnant to or 'inoonsistent with the provistons thltr,e,of sh.a:11 be.a11d are hereby repealed.

2. Notwithstand'ng thie repeal by this Proclamation of any law i,, ,donflict therewith, the provisions of such law sh1ll contimi!e 1fo apply in respect of ~ommanditga sdlschaft.en auf Aktien (share com­panies ea cJmmandite1 formed and registered in th,e P110t ~torate . unde,· , the German Com­mcrdal Ooc e (Handelsg esetzbuch) and ap­

. pearing an the commencement of' this Pro-clamation <'S still so , registered. Provided that any such compa1y may on com­plying- with th!e p110visi-ons of this Procla!Ilation beoomC' regisrnred as ·a 1oonpany under this Pro­dalmation. I rovidied furth( r that anv s·uch c-om­pany may bit wound :up u:1dcr the provisions of Chapter Vil )f the- ,afmesa<i.J Companies Act.

3. This Pr•oclanation may be cited for all purposes as thle "Gom,anies Proclamation, 1920'', and shall commence and come into oreration on the seventh day of Augus~ 1920.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Givien under my hand ,at Windhuk on the 7th day of August, 1920.

E. H. L GORGES, Administrator.

.SCHEDULE.

1. ,0 re n er a 1 A m en d m en ts. "Attomev Ge.1,eral'' shall m< an Crown Prosecutor. "Gaziettc''shall mean the 'JOffidal Gazette of the Pro-

iledoratc. . "Oov1ernor'' sl,all m:i.an the Administrator.

• "Master'' shaJ; mean the Master of the High Court of South-Wiest Af.ica.

"Minister'' s'hdl mean the Administrator. "The Court' , nd ''The Supr,JlTle Court•· shaU mean

thie High Court ot !South-W.est Africa .. · "This Golom ' shall mean . the Pr-0tectorate ,of

South-West Afri;;,. 2. P a r · i cul a r , A m ,c n d m en ts.

(1) In s1edio11 2 the 'interpretation. of "existing Com­pany" jg d1!.'.cted and 1the following substituted therdor:-"Existing C-omp·any'' shall mean ,th~ following Oompan:i1es 1ormed and ·registered in the Protect­orate under the German ,CJmmerdal Code (Han­delsgef.ettbu ~h) and the pdvate •limited Companies Act 1898 (O.:sdz hetreffend di,e Oesellschaften mit beschrankt..:r Haftung) and appearing ,at the com­rnenoem:ent I(. f this Pro darn ttion in the Oommerciai

· Rseg:istcrs fo ·merly in the custody of tire several district Judge;; at Windhuk, Kcetmanshoop, Swa­kopmund, L 1d,erit:1-bucht and Omamru as still so 1iegiste11ed. (a) A(di1eng,e ;eilschaften (s 1are companies). (b) Oesel!lschften mit besc hr,a:nkte: Haftung (Pri­

vate limited Compante,). (2) Definiti,on o·: "Limited Lia 1'ility ,companies Law•;

in S.edion ::.· is iddeted. (3) Section 21 (=i)'is ,ddeted. (4) S,ectiion 82 C is deleted. (5) Sedi•on 103 ( 1) is 1am,·nded hy de'.etion of the words

"Arbitration Ordinance 1904 or any am~ndment th1er-r•of" and the substitLttion .therefor of the words "prcnisions or ih'e hw fo.r the settlement of . difilercnce.s 1 y arbitration which is in force in the Protedorak''. ·

(6) Section 103 (3 is amendeC: by the deietion of the word "Ord: nam.,e' and foe substitution therefor ,of the wore! "La\,·''. ,

(7; In Section 121 (1) (a thl· words "Code 1903'' are de:,eted anJ! the fol!owing ,words substituted there­fur "and Ev.dern:e Act 1917·'.

(8) Section Hm (Ii; is deleted and the following sub-. s1adion sub, titut-ed therefo;· :- ·

"For the purposes of .an arbitration under this section the provisions of ,the law for the settlement of disputes by (arbitration which is in force in the Protectorate shal1 apply".

(9) S-ectiion 181 (1; {e:: is amended by deletio~ of the words "1907'' and "twenty-nine'' and th·e sub~ stituti!Qn thierefor of the words "1914 (Uni:on)'' and "thirty,fivie''.

(10) .Section 181 (5) is ,deleted .

(11) Secti,on 194 (4:, is ,amended ,by the deletion of the words "Proclamation 1902'' and the substitution tJ]rerefor of the words .''Act 1913''.

(12) Siection 198 is a.mended, . (a) by the de!etion in sub-section 1 of the words

in brackets "as hereinafter ,defined''. (b) by th:e ddetirOn in sub-section 1 of the words

"thrle;.i months'' where ,these words rirst occu; :n thte sub-section ~and the :substitution there­fur of thie words .''six months''.

(c) by the del'etion in sub-section 5 of the deiinitions of "banking company'' and "insuranc'e com-pany" rrespedive:ly. .

(d) by the deletion in sub-section 5 of tl1e <lefini­ti,on "e1ertitiiced'' and the substitution therefor !Of the following:-"derlified'' s'han · mean certified as a true copy, (1 ) by the •oftiic.ial ,of the Government to wh:ose custody thie original .of such instrument o r offke copy thereof is committed; or (2:1 by a notary public. · "dertificd translation'' of any instrument afore­said shall rnlean a .translation certified as a correct translation by a sworn or officially 11eoognised translator.

(13) Section 199 (I) is ;amended. (a) hy the deletion of the word "and'' in clause (a). (b) by the de:ehon o f clause (b). ( c) by the deletion 'Of the word "company'' after

the word "limit€d'' ·which occurs in the body of sub-s!edion (1) ·and ,the substitution therefor of thie words · "or ,unlimited company as the cas,e may oe". --

(d) by thle deletiion of •Proviso (a) and the sub­stitution therefor of the following "(a) R,eference in this :Act, express or implied, to the date of ,registration shall be construed as a ne'.erence to the date at which the com­pany was r1egistered in :this Protectorate under the German C8mmercial 'Code or the Private Limikd Companie;; Act, rJ.898" .

(14) Sections 200 and ,201 are deleted.

(15) Secfion 202 (1) is de;eted and the following sub­sediion substituied therefor:-"Nothing in this Prodamation oontained shaU apply to Industrial and Agricultural Co-operatiw Siociie:tie.s established under the Oerman Jn.dustriai and AgdcuF:IUral Co-operative Societies Act of the 1st May 1889 (as amended by Acts of 12th August 189G and 14th Junc.1898 (Oesetz betreffend die Er­WHCS- U1'1d Wi.t;chaftsgeEossenschaften).

(16) iSub-siec'fa,ns 2 and 3 101' s-cction 202 are deleted.

(17) :Se2tion 211 (S> is deleted.

(18) Siect:ion 213 (1 ) is ,arm-nded by dc!etion of the word "Pnetoria'' and the. substitution therefor of the word "Wlndhuk'.'.

(19) Section 215 (1) is amended by the deletion of the words "thie Wiitwa-tiersrand High1Court''.

(20) ,S.ectiion 221 is deleted. '

(21) Thie first Schedule is deleted.

(22) The third Schedule shall 'be read as amended by Goviernment Notice No. 1486 of 1909 published in the Transvaal Government Gazette of the 31st December, 1909.

16 Official Gazette, ;Jst .S@ember, 1920.

No. 36 of 1920.]

WHEREAS it is desirable .to amend the law at present existing in the Protectorate relating to Public Health 4nd to make other provision therefor;

NOW THEREFORE under and by virtue of the powers in me ve;ted ,I , do here-by dedare, proclaim and make known as follows :-

1. From .and aite.r the ,taking effect hereof the pro­visions of thle Pub'.ic !H(•alth ·Act, 1919, of the Par­liament of th-l' Union _of South Africa shall subject to tb .. amendments sei forth in schedu:e A hereto be of force and (effect within the Protectorate.

2. Th:· la\vs specified in schedule B hereto shail be and ar,e hereby repealed ;together with all such other existing laws as ·may be rer,ugnant to or in con-\lict with the provisions -of the aforesaid Public H-ea;th Act.

3. This Proclamatio11 may be cited for all purposes .as the "Public Health Proclamation, 1920''.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Gi\·en under my hand ,at Windlmk this seventh day of August 1920. ,

E. H. L GORGES Administrator.

SCHEDULE \"A''.

L 0-e n c r a 1 Amend m en ts.

The fo:Jowing terms shall ;have the following mean­ings r,e,.r,-ective:y assigned to them ,vher,ever they occur in the abov,ementi-oned Act. l . ·

1. "Administrator·', "Gov:ernor-Ocneral'' and ''Mi­nister" mean the Administrator of the Protectorate of South-Wiest Africa. ·

2. "Chief Health Officer'' and J"Assistant Health Olficer" me.an the Medical :Officer to the Pro­tectorate Administration.

3. "Consolidated Revenue Fund'' means the. Revenue . fund of tbie Pr,otectoraie fOf South-West Africa. 4. ''Derartmcnt ,ot Public Health'' 1means the -Pro­

tectorate Administration ol South-West Africa. 5. "Oaz:·ette'' means the ·official Gazette of the Pro­

tectorate. 6. "Oov•ernntmt'' means the Protectorate Admi,nis­

tration of South-Wiest Africa. 7. "Principal Vdcrinary Officer'' ·means the Senior

Veterinary Olficer 1of the :Protectorate. 8. ''Union'' m~ans the Protectorate ,of s,outh-West

'Africa.

2. P a r H c u l a r •Am :e n d me ri t s.

1. S,echons 2, 3, 'and i4 are de:eted. 2. Sedi·on 5 is amended. 1

(a) by the deletion pf ,sub-section (2) and the sub­stitution therefor of the fol1'owing stib~section: "Thie Medical Officer to the -Protectorate Ad­ministration and eve,y hea:th •officer and every medical officer appointed under this section shall be a medical ,practiti0ner posse'Ssing a degree, diploma or certi1icate •approved of by the Administrator.

(b) by th\e dde:tiion -in ;sub-section 3 of the words "-of. each Province'' in .line six.

(c) by the ddeti1011 in sub-s.ection 3 of the words "in connection with provincial administration in that Province" in line ,eight.

3, Sect:,on 6 is ,amC'nded ·by the deletion of the words "ot th,e province or'' :in ,line tv,;elve.

4. Section 7 (4) is ,amended , (a) by thie deletion of ,the ,words "any divisional

council constituted in accordancl.? with any law and shall al~-n incl:ude" ,

(b; by the deletion :of,the word "proclamation'' and the substitution therefor of the words "notice in the Gazette".

5. Section 8 is ddetcd. 6, Section 9 is amended.

(a) by the delet~on in sub-section 1 of· the words "until a lo•:al authority fr established for that area either under the la,;t preceding section or any oth1er law" in line~ three .. four and five.

(b) by the de:e ti-on in ,sub-se'tion 1 of the words · "giv:en aiter consu:tation ·-,ith the Administrat­or first hieing •obtainl'd" in lines eleven and hv,e:ve.

{c) by tbie deleton of sub-secton 2. 1: S·ecfa:m 11 is amended.-

{a1 by the deldion in .snb-s !Ction 1 (d) of the '-VOrds "subject to an ar;){"al to the Minisier ..,vhos:e ded,-ion sha:t he fnal'.' in the last two lin:es therecf. ·

(b) by the de'.eion of ·sub ~:ettion 2. ,i S,ecti.on 12 is 2 m('nded - (a) by the ddeti-0n in sub \ection 2 of th-e . words

"or a dcgreP diploma or crtifkate declared by, tbe Gowrn Jr-General by proclamation in: the Gaz1eit.e after consuitali<n with the medical Council to ha\'e bt·en g ra 1ted in resp·ect of a coursie ol ttudy which ii,c::udrd an adequate course of study in p:u Ilic health or shtei medicine''.

(b) by the de:e ion of sub-se,. tion 5. ij: S•edion 18 (2; is ,am:·rided by t' e dektion of the last -

iiv-e lines there{,f from ,the we rds "a· copy'' t.o the words "·en,.uin~ session'' incusive. ·

1~; S-ecti·on -37 is am,,nded tby ' .. iie deletion of the word ''proclamation'' and th: substi,uti-on .there­for of Ute wor<'.s •,"notice in thf' Gazette''.

q: Section -l9 is lHeted_ i

;~: Section 51 is <!deted. , \~: Section G7 1s deleted. '-i4: Section 71i is tmended ,bv he deletion in sub­-~ s-edi,ons .1 and 2 1oi the ,Yord "proclamation'' and

the sub£.1.itulion therefor of :tLe v.·ords "notice in the Gazette".

l?: S-ecti·on 83 is arr ended.by the (e:etion of the words "Commis£.ion:er ot Customs o · ,anv officer a'Uthior­ised thereto by the .Commiss oner" in lines four and five and thr· ,substitution heref•·ir of the words 1'O!fioer in ch2rge of Custon ,s ''. ,

lP: S:edion 8-i is ;tm c·nded 1bv he de-ktion in sub­·- sections 1 and 2 .of the word "prodamati:on'' and

the substitution therefor of t}- e wonts " notice in the Gazette".

1 t Section 8::i is ddeted 1

1§: Section 87 is am~nded ,by f ie deleti-on in sub­s,ect~ons 1 and '2 of the word "proclamation'' and the substitmi,or ther-efor of , he word "notice''.

1~: Section 95 is amended -by the Je.letion of the word · "pro-~;amation'' where it • ou:urs and the sub­

stitution ther-efor of the \\'O -ds ''n-olice in the Oaz:ette".

~!!: Sc(lti·on 103 is amended by he de:etion ,of sub­section 3.

2l: S,edion 135 is amended by he deletion of the ., words "voted :)y Parljament' in iines one and

two and the S'Jbstitution ,th€ ·-efor of the word~ "provided from the revenues ,·,f the Protedorate'•,

22: Sectinn 137 is amended by he ae:e-tion of sub-.. section 1 and 2. zJ S;edion 138 is .zmended · ... (a) by the dcl-etbn of,paragrap'i (a)

(b) by the de'.etion of the wo· d "-oiher'' in para.­graph (b), li1e one. ,

zJ: Section 143 is amended by ,he deletion of 'tht - word "an '' in lines thH·e and fifteen and the sub- ·

. stitution tr.1er-cf<r 'of the :wod .·;'the''. 2i3: S.ed:i-on 153 is d-eleted. i

2/1: Section 157 is .amended, ·· · (a> by the dele1ion of •th'e "" ,rd "pr,oclamation"

wt'err~ it occurs

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(b) by the--'1< t.etion in sub-~ection 1 of th·e _word "an'' in Lne three and the substituti:on there­for of the word "the''.

27. Siecti1on 158 i,; amended, (a) by the d( :,etion in sub-section 1 of the words

"any <lier artmrnt of'' b ,hne six. {b) by the deletion in sub-~ection 3 of the words

"Rai,lway'; and Harboms fund'' 1in lines two and three .and the ,subs:i,tution therefor :of the words "revenue of the said Administration''.

28 . .S1ection 159 i; amended: (a) by the ddetiion of the eefini1ion of "Adminis-

trator" · · (b) by the ddeti,on of the words "principal veter­

foarv oHUer ofthc ,Union" occurring in the d~­rinit1on ci "approv1ed v,-terinary surgoon'' and the subsHuli-on there.for of the WO·rds "senior vietcrinar'· officer of the .Proteictorate".

{c) by the cldetiion of the detfini:tions of "chief health olficer" and ''assistant health officer".

(d) by the tzddition of the words "of the Parlia­ment iof .he Union of South Africa" after the iiguries ' 1918'' ·occurring •in ·the definiti,on of "factory''.

H bY. the d,·'.etion of thi) ,·.-ords ''any province of thle Uniun" occurring in ,the ·defini.Hon of "m1edi<;.al practitioner'' and the 'Substitution thlerd•or of. the words 1",he Protectorate''.

(t) by the dd-etit0n of the c efinition of "Minister'' (g) by the ddetitOn of the v·ord "proclamation'' in

the third last line and the substit:uti•on there­for of th: \\;ord "notic-~•'.

29. Sectiion 160 is deleted. i

30. Siectiion 161 is ddeted. i

31. The First and Second Sch:idules are deleted. SCHEDULE ,"B''.

l .A WS ;REPEALED. 1. Ordinance b:· th:: Gm·ernor relating to slaughter of

stock and in::pedion of m~at of 27th June, 1911. 2. Ordinance bY the Governor relating to vaccination

of 30th July 1912. 3. Notioe by tie Governor n lating to free treatment

of nativ,es f 1ffe:ring from sexual disease of 31st July 1912.

4. Ordinance l·y th~ Govem)r relating ;to the pre­vention of t 1e spread of diseas,e:s which are cont­agious and fang,erous to :he p!U!blic of 27th May, 1913.

No. 37 of 1920.J

WHEREAS i. is de;;irable t-> interpret. and shorten thie languag,e of laws nmv or hereafter .in force in ,this Protectorate,. ·

NOW THEREFORE under and by virtue of the Jj(:rnners in me ve:: ted I do hereby dedare proclaim and mak,e known as foHo,vs :- : ,

1. In thie ,intcrrretation of ·ev~·ry law (as in this Proc­lamation ddirwd) now :oi· hereafter in force in the Prot·ectc,rate or in anJ' portiion thereof, and in the ;intcrprdatiion of all ,by~laws, .rules, regul­ati1ons; or ,o,·ders made un,for the aJuthiority iOf any such law, t ,;e dr-t1initions I md other provisions in this Proc'lanation contain:t'd shall, urtless there be something i,1 the languag<~ or .oontext of the. law, bye-law, rue, regulatiion or •order, r-epugnant to such diefini(ons or provisions, 'Or unless the con­trary inten,~on therein apipear, •be ·adopted and appl'iied.

. 2. Thie f'()llowing •expression; sh'aU, ·uniess the ~n­text othern ise requires or •unliess in the case of any law it is otherwise provided therein, have the meaninrs 11ereby respe:tiv;dy assignied to th-em, namely:-;- · "Adminiskd!Or'' shall mccm the ,Administrator of

thre Prok .:torate of 'South-West Africa or any person 1a mufiy acting m that capacity;

·--c(u1sti.an name'' sh.an mean 1any . name prefixed to thie surname, whether 'received at Christian baptism or not;

"district'' sh aU mtean the 1area subject to. the juris­diction of thie court •of any magistrate;

"Gaz,ette'' shall mean _the OffiiciaI Gazette of the Protector.ate;

"Govternor-General'' shall mean the officer for the timre being administering tbe .government of tlJ,e Unlion of South Africa acting by and with the adv.ide of th,c Executive /Council thereof;

" law'' shall me-an and include any law, proclam­ation or other enachnent having the ·force o f law· 1

' 'month'' shall miean a ,calen dar month; "oath'' and "affidavit'· s:haH, .in the case of persons

aUowred by law to affirm or declare instead 1of s,,1ear.irtg, include affirmation and declaration, and th,e •expression "swear'' shall, in the ·Hke case, include "affirm'' and ·"declare'' ;

"Parlitam1ent'' sha:U mean the iParliament of the U niiion of South Africa ; 1

"person'' shall include - , (a) munricip;al oOluncil, or iikie iaJUthority; ,or (b) any company incorporated o r -registered as

such under any law; or (c) any body of 0J)lersons corporate or unins

oorporaile; " Provinoe'' sha:! m,•.an a ,Province of the Unio r. o f

S-outh Africa ; "Thie P11otector.ate'' shall mean the territorr o f

·S,outh-Wtest Africa lately under the Sovereignty of Germany and .at present under the adminis­tration of the Oovoernment rof the Union. of South Africa;

"Thie Uniion'' shall me-an .the territorial limits o f the Un,i,on of ,S.outh ·Africa as constituted for the time beii1g in iacmrdance with the South Africa Act 1909, or any a mendment thereof.

3. In ,ev-ery law, express.ions r elating to \\'riting s haU, unless tbe oontrary intention appears, he consti·ued as .inducting als-o •references to typewriting, litho­graphy, ph!otography, and all other modes of re-­p11es,enting or r•epi;oducing words in a visible furm.

4. Whrn any particular number ,,of days is pre­scribed for the doing of any act, or for any other purposie, the s.ame sha ll _be reckoned exdusive!y oi the tirst .and inclusively o f the la.st day, unless the last day s·h:all 'happien to-fall on a Sunday orion any othier day appointC'd by ,or under th-e authority of a law as a ·public holida.y, in which case the ,time shall bre redroned exclusive ly of true first day and exdusiv,eJy 1alw of every S'u ch S1uriday or public holiday.

5. In the measurement of .any di stance for the pur­pos1e of any law, ,that distanoo shall, unless the aontrary int1enti·cm appea rs, be measured in a straight tine on .a horizontal plane.

6. In 1ey-cry Iavv·, unless ,the oontra ry intention appears (a) w::>rds importing the masculine gender shall

includte f,emales; · and (b) words in thie singular •.number shall indude

the plur;al, and words ,in the plural number shaH !include the singular.

7. WhJere ,any iaw _autht0rizes or reqruires any dooo,. mlent to be served :by post, whether the ~xpressi-011 '-'Sierve '' ior "g;ive'' pr <''send'\ or any other ex­p11eSs~on is us,ed, ~hien, 1unless .the ClOIIl.trary i ntention appears, the s·ervke shall be deemed to be effect­ed by properly ,addressing, prepaying, and postiing' a !1egister,ed letter oontaining the document, and, untess thie oontrary is ,provoo, to have 'been ef­kcted at the time 1at which the _letter would be de1iver·ed in the ordinary course of post.

Official Gazette, :1st September, 1920.

S. In l'Very law unless 1the contrary fotention appears, th~ expression "rules 'Of court'', when used in relation to any court, shall mean rules made by the authority having ior the time being power to make ru'.es or orders ,regulating the practice anti procedure ot that court. · ·

Tbc powers of :the said authoritv to make foles of. court, as above ,defined, shall include a pO\Ve'r to make ruks of ,court for the pmp:o,:,e of any 1law directing or authorizing anything to be done by ruies of court

9. (1; Wben a law confors a power or impo:,es a ~uty then, ;unless .the contrary intention appears, tbe power may p-e :exercised and the .duty shall be performed from time .to time as ,occasion re­quires.

(2 Whi.!re a law ,confers ,a !X)wer, jurisdiction, or right, or impos.e;; a duty on the holder of an of­Hee as such, then, :unless the contrary intention appears, the p•o\,·er, juris:.didion or right )nay be ,exercised and the duty ·shall be performed from time to time by the holder for the time being of the o;fic•, or by ,the person la\Yfully acting in the capacity ot such hold,e.r. 1

(3.1 \Xlherc a law 0011fei·s a power to make ruies, regulations, or bye-laws, the power shall. unlesf. the ciontrary intention appears, be construed as including a po\v,er ,l'Xercisable in 1ike manner and suhj,ect to tlw 1like consent and conditions (it ·any}. to r,esdnd, revoke, .amend, or vary the rules, rcgu:atipns, or bye-laws .. ·

10. Wher,· an act -or .omission constitutes an offence under two ,or 'more ,statuie3 or is an ,otfence against a statute and at common law. the of­iendl'T shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be !iabk io be ,prnsecuteJ, and punished [under ,eitlwr statuie . .or (as ,the case may he) under the statute o:- the cmnmon la,,·. hut he shall not be l.iable to more than ,one punishment for the act or omis,ion constituting the off, nee.

11. (1) Wlwre a law repeals and re.enacts, \dth or without modifications, ,any pr,cwisions of a former la w, rderences in any other law to the provisions so repca:ed shall, ,unless .the contrary intention appears, be conE.trued ,as references to the povisions so re-enacted. ,

(2; Wher,· a law repeals .any other la\\·, then, un~:ess the contrary inten:tion appears, ;the repeal shall not -(a) redve anything not' in force .or existing at the

time at which the repea.t .takes effect; or (h) alfect the previous operation of any law so

rere.a:ed or anytrjng duly done o r suffered u nder the law so •repealed; or

(c:; atfed any right, privilt•ge, obligation, or ~iability acquir•ed, accruN:i, or •incurred under any law so r,epealed; ,or

(di alfed any penalty, forfeiture, -0r punishment incunied in respect ot any offence committed against .any faw so repealed; .or

(e.: a1feL~ any investigation, legal µroceeding, or r,emedy in resped of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, 1orfeiture, or punishment as is in ·this .sub-section mentioned ;

and any such investigation, legal p•roc~dings, or remedy may be _.instituted, ,oontin.ued, o r en:forc:ed, and any such penalty.forfeiture, or punishment may -,)e imr,-0sed; as it the repealing law had not peen ;:ia.s&ed. . . .

(31 When a iaw ,repeals wholly or partially any former law and substituks p,rovisions for the law so r~r,ealed, the repea1ed law shall remain in force until the substituted provisions come into oper- · atiun . ,.

12. (1) Tb;e -expres~ions ,«commencement'' and "taking ,eff~t'' when ·used ,in any law in reference

thereto, shall mean ,the day or which that law · comes ,or came ido operation, : nd that day shaH subject to the pn visions of sub sediion (2. of this section and unles,; some other (lay is fixeld by or under the law for the coming in,o operation there­of, he th:: day w 1en the law v as Hrst published in the Gazette as ,a raw.

(2) Where a11y law, or an ,r order, warrant, scheme, ru:ei, regulations, c r bye-law·s made, granted, ,or isc.md, under .the a,u thority of a law, is expres,.ed to come into operatbn o n a particular day, the same sbll be constru,:d as coming into operation immedate:y on the expiraHon o,f the rwev ious day.

(3) Where a '.aw co111ers .a t:ower -(a) to mak,e any appoir.tment; or (b) to make, grant, or Js '·U~ any instrument,

ord1er warrant, scL·me, -rules., regul­atiom:, or bye-law,. or

(c) to give notices; or ( d ) to prescribe forms; or ~e) to ct,~ any oth1:r .a;_ t or thing fo·r the

purpos.,e of th,'. la,, , . that pow,er may. unless the co 1trary intention ap­pears, be exerd-.ed at any tin e alter the passing of the :aw so ,fa · as may he ne : essary for ,the pur­pose of bringing th~ law int > operation at the commencement thereof, subj,ect to ·this restriction that any instruD'rent, order, wa:Tant, scheme, rules, re.gulations, o r hye-lawc:., madt, granted, or issued under the p:ow•~r shall 1not, anless the: contrary htention ;~ppears in tLe ;!aw or the contrary is n,eces£.ary for bringing t be ,i 1w into operation, eome into ope,·ation until ,t1 :e law c.omes into np,eration. 1

-13. When any act, matter ,or thin~· is by law directed o, autho,is,ed to be dolle by tii ~ Oo•vernor-Genera1 or by the Administrator, or b:· any public otficfc r, the notification that such act, :natter, o r thing has been done, may un:ess a spe::i!icd instrument or method is by ::hat .iaw presc·ibed for the notif-ication, be by Lotice in the C azette. .

14. When .any bye-iaw, regulatk, 1, rule or order is authoris,ed by any law fo he made by the Govern• or-0.en·eral, the Administrato ,·, or •by any local authority, publ 'c body, or ii ers,on; \Yith the ap­proval of tbe Oovernor-Gem,··al ior the! Adminis• trator, such b:·c-law, regulat on, !ru:le, or o rder, shail, sub}i'Cl ::o the ,,pro visi '.l11S relative to th·c force and effect thereof i n ar y Jaw, be published in the Oazdte and produdi< n of a copy of the Oaz.ett~ contai1, in'g a ·.notice d the making o r ap0

pwval (as the .:ase may be {.•f the bye-law, ,regul­ation, rule, or order by the : }overnoL·-General o r t he Administutor shall be sufficient evidence of such making· or approval.

This Proclamation may be cite l foi· all purposes as "Tbe interpretation of Laws Procamai.ion, 1920'.

GO]) SAVE TllE K: NG.

Given under .my ·hand at Wind huk this 7t11 day ◊f August 1920.

E. ti. 'L. GORGES Administrator_

No. 38 of 1920 l WHEREAS it i~ tlesirabhdo n· ake further provision

for the administration of justice i 1 the Proledorate, NOW THEREFORE, under 'lnd.,by virtuti of the

pow,ers in lTI'.' ve.steJ. ,I do hereby declare, proclaim and rnak,e known as fol1ows :- ·

1. Noh\·ithstan(ling the providons of sedi:o•n 3 (4) of the Administrati011 of Justioe 1 10damat~m1, 1919, it shall b.e lav-:lul for •h{! High Couri of So1tt!1-Wesi: Africa to be hdd at ,any place or places \.·ithin the: Protectorate that may be appoilted from time to time by the Judge ot the said Hig-h ( ourt.

·•. Official Gazette; 1st Septe;mber, 1920,

2. It shall he la·whl for the Administratorby Notice in the .Official Oazette to divide the Protectorate into two or mor,e circuit districts and to fix the

. boundari!es of l'Verv such distrid and to alter such boundaries fr;m time io time as occasi,on may require. •

3. (1, Courts, l•> be ,cailfod! 1C5rcuit Cc,u,rts, shall · b,e held once ~ 1 the year 1920 and thereafter a1 laeast twice in ~very year in each of th~ districts rdetred to in :be ·last preoeding Secfi.on at such times and at s·1ch ,plac•e or piaces within each of the said distrk :S as the Administra'.,or shall from time t-o time by Notice in ,he Official Gazette direct and aPJ oint. ·

(2., Each 10! tbe ,said Cirrnit Courts shall be a Court •of R1e-::ord.

(3; Save as is pr::.ividc-d by sub-section ('l oi this :;,edion, ,ea Ji of the said Chcuit Courts shall be held by the Judge of the J-Iiijb C0urt of1South-W1est Africa. ·

(4) The jw<sdidion of a Circuit Court for the trial and punis'.-iment of crim~s and offences. shall be exercised by the ,Judg'e ·of the High Court of Souih-W,cst Alrita and ,two members, appointed to such Circuit Court Jr,otn time to time as oc­casiion may y,equirc 'by the AdministratDr, who shall tre advocaks pt ,not less than five years standing ior per£.rJns holding •Or qualifir-d to hold within thie Un;on of :South Africa or tile Protect­orate the ,,offic< ,of Magistrate. The Judge sr.all be _we president '.)f the Court, and the decision ,of. the majority uf the ,member:, of the Court shall be the judgme it of the Court,

4. Each ,of th1e s iid ,Circuit Cc urts shall within the district in \vhi :h it may be hdd have and exercis-e concurnent:y with the High C-cud of South-West Africa th1e sam:'. jurisdiction, powers and authorit~' as ar,e vci:ted n the said Hi?h C,:)urt thrnu,glwut the wh!o:,c of the tProtedorate; pPovided that noihing in tb.s Proclamation C'ontain·ed shall bt­de,·med b CC!lier :an any Circuit Court any ap­pdlate jurisd ctbn -or the power of reviewing the proc,cedin~s of inferior Courts.

5. If any ctuse, :,Proceeding •or matter, civil or crimina;, ha~ been institute,! in the High ·court of .South-W,e.st Africa ,or :ary ,of the. said Circuit Courts and it .appear -to thf Court before which th'.c cause, p;oceeding ot matter is pending or to any othier ,of ,_the. ;Said C>ourl:s that the same may hie more convenient;y u more fitly heard ,or det<!rmined ei her in the sai.J High Court or in a Circuit Oourt other than that in wl1ich it is p~nd­ing; it shall be •lawful for th,e Ccurt to which it shall apr>iear a;; al-oresaid,.whether or not tl1e cause, prodecding o .. matter has been partly hieard, to order the same to,be remov,ed to suthother Court. The mdcr for the ,removal shall be transmitted to thie Registrar .of that other Court 4nd -upon the receipt therec,f it shall •be lawful for that other Court to hea:· or ,f!o oontin~te the hearing ,of any such camie, p,occ,eding or matter and to determine the sam(', as df lit had bee,1 originally iristituted and pro::1ecut, d in ouch! ·lastmentioned Court.

-6. Tber,e shall ·b : attached ito each of the said Circuit Courts a R,eg i~.trar, who shall be appointed by the Administrato -, and who shdl .l~eep the records of the said Collrt. The ,R;egi.-;trar shall receive on behalf of the Administration -such .fees as shall be priescribed by the AdrninisLat,or by noiice in the Oificial Oazdt-e. ·

·7_ All advocates and attorneys admitted and enrolled in the High t:,ourt -of South-West Africa shall be ·entitl,ed withe ut any other admission or enrolment to_ practis,e r(spectively as advocates or attorneys ;,, <iMV CircLit ·court ,afor,~said. .

8. Within on,e muntb ,of ;the dose of each Circu it • Oourt t!Jie Registrar thereof 'Shall transmit tile reoords ,and proceedings in :all cases, ci\'il and criminal, heard and determined ,before such Court ·

.to the Registrar ofithe High Court of South-West Afrka. to be kcpt•by him and filed of record in like maneoer as the records of the said H,igh Co_urt.

9.·Every process., writ, order, judo-ment or sentence •of any Circuit Ct:;;tJ.rt may be

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executed in any district of the Profodorate in the same manner and by ihc same ofiicers as if such prncess, ,nit, order, j1:<ilgment :or sentence had been ·issued, made, given or p-ass,ed by tbe High Court of S·outh- \Vest -Africa.

1(). The. Criminal Procedure and •Evidence Prncl&Jr· ahon, 1919, is hereby ,amended (1_, by tile addition alter the words "H:gh ,Court of · South-West Africa", ,occurring in paragraph 1 cf tbe O,•neral Amendm~nts oontained in the Sche,dule to t.he said Pmdamatkin, ot the words "and all · Cir:cuit C.ourts :in the Protcdorate'', and (2J by I.he deletion ,of the ,vords "The Supreme Court for the PrG• tedorate is the High Ccurt of S,outh-We2t Africa as de;;~ribed in the -Administration ot Justice Prnclamation, 1919", occurring in parag1~aph 3 or the Particu:ar AmC'ndments coniained in thie

. said Sch1eduh-, and the substitu,ion therefor of tl!-e words "Th.e sure;i.or courts tor the Protect­orate are the High Court of South~West Afri-e.i. and ail Circuit Courts". \

1 l. The law of procedure and evidence in, civil pro­ceLdings be:ore the ~;aid ;Circuit Courts shall be that for· the time being followed by the Cir,::uit Local Divisions _of the Supreme Court of Soufa Ai't i-::a in t\!•e Province of the Cape of G{)od Hope; . and the ;aw of :procvdure and evidence in ·criminal . proceedings be'.ore the said Circuit Courts shall be that prescribed by the Criminal Prol edure and Evidenc,c Act, 1917, or the Union Parliament, as appli1ed b the Prote-:torate by lhe' Criminal Pr-o­c'edure a1Jd Evidence Proclamation, ,1919, as amended by se,::ti-on 1,0 of this Proclamation.

12. The Judge of. the High Ccurt of . South~West Afrka sh:ail, subject toJbe approval ofthe Adminis­trator, frame ru:,f's for tbe conduct of the proceed-. ings of the said ,_Circuit Courts.

1,3. The Administrator may mak,· •regulations as to the method of transport of the Judge of the High Court ot' S-outh-W:est Africa and the scales ,of transport, travelling and rnbsisicnce allo\\'ance;,, wl••en he is travelling on duty or is absent o.n duty fr.om Ids plade of residence. .

14. In ,evNy -case in whith any judgr,n~nt, decree or. · order of ihe High Court of S,orufh.West Africa 'or . ot any Cin::uit Cc.mt shall nequirc to be proved

:insr1eded or in ·any •manner referred to·. in any · :other Court, a copy ·:ol' mch L cord certified unde the signature of the ,Regi£.trar of such Court, or where the records ·have ·t:een transrn(tted to th~ High Court unoer the ,signat,ure ot the Registtar ot the High Cc.urt, :shall be taken and received as prim a fa c ire evidence of ·such recoid; pro\'id.::-d tbat it shall nof;l-;-e ne-::essarv in reo-ard to anv such c:ertifi.cd C'Opy to prove tl;e handwriting of the R,egistrar to any rnch ·copy.

15. Th:s Proclamation may b-fl dt:d for all purp-o;;es as thie "further Administration 'Of Justice r:.1rn­damatiort·, 1920". ·

GOD'S.-\ \'E THE 'KIXG.

· . Gi,,en under my hand at Windhuk this 7th day oE At:tgust, 1920.

E. H. L Gorges Administrator.

I I 1.·r:o; '; , \ l, .,1 .'

20 Of-fici.al Gazett~ :1st September, 1920.

Government Notices .

. 'I he follo wing Govcrnmeut :'.\otices arc µu.bfr;hed for No. 59.)

~e.rieral ii 1formation.

['.>th August, .1920. -APPC~NTMENTS. .

,dminisll-alor's Office.

Windh :1k.

J. F. HERBST,

Secrel.ary for the ProteclQrate.

· .. No. 56.] p7th July, J92Q~

APPOINTMENT Of l.SSUER·OF PROCESS.

The aµpointm{• nt of the Non-Commissioned Officer · i n charge of the ·South-West Africa Police Station at

Kalkfontein North in th(> •District of Gibeion; or anyone · lawfully .acting in that ,capactty, as Issuer of Process to 'the Periodical Court at KaUdontein Nortlr, is approved, with 1elkct from the .date of assumption of duty.

N -- 1 0. ::> I. [6th Augu.st, .1920.

COMMISSIONERS Of OATHS.

Tbe Administrator has approvl'd fa terms of siection on c of Ptodamati.on No. 17 o-f 1915 o-f the de-

. signation, during p,l!eas'Ure, as Commissioners of Oaths, of tLe r,ersons named in the attached schedule iwith jur:i"Sdiction throughout the areas se.t opposite their respective names.

The Admi.nistrabor has further approved in terms of tbe \a;furesaid s,etcti-on :of ·the designation, ,during :p:.easur<', as ex offi ,ci o 1Commissioners of Oaths, of .ail Shlelep lnsp,ectors of 1the Administration, with juds­dkti,qn throughout thie areas (for which they respectively hold •"Jffioe..

. SCHEDULE.

Name. 1. Address. Area of Jurisdiction.

Frederick Wbicher Magistrate's District of . Henley Office. Swa.kop. Swa.kopmund .

John Dermot Wjndhuk District of Windhuk. Lardner Burke ·

.A.braham Jacobus Kari bib Karibib. Rossouw

Theod.orus Ignatius Grootiontein " Grootfontein.

Rautenba.ch Sidney Richard

Howard Magistrate's

Office, Karibib " Karibib.

l<'rederick J acobus Marient.a1 ., Gibeon. Jooste

Heni'y Wrell.Seh Keetmanshoop ,, Keetmansboop.

No. 58.) [6th _August, 1920.

COMMISSIONERS OF DA THS.

The Administr:ator has been pleased, in terms of $iedion ()ne of Proclamation No. 17 of 1915, to cancel the cksign.atiions as Commissioners of Oaths of the persons nam('.d in the i,attached sdl.edule. ·

SCHEDULE. ·-·- -·

Name Area oi Reason for Jurisdiction Cancellation.

Dirk Johannes Boshotf Prot€ctorate Vacation of Office.

Octavus George Bowker rnstrict W'huk. ditto.

Frank Oastelyn Fouche ditto, ditto.

Adolph Franciscus District of Departure from Wilhelm Tijdeman Omaruru. District.

The Administrator has been p:eased to make the to:lowing appointments:- ·

1. Joh~n Wilhl{!>Jmm David Grimtleek, as acting Magistrate tor th< District :of Arnab in place· of Oeorge Frederick F;eck transferred, with effect from the 7th Ju:y, 1920.

2. George Fr-edcrick Fle<:k, as Ma.gif.trate for the District of Warmbad _in ,p:aae of Thomas Frederick de Kock transferred, with effet t from the 13th July, 1920. :

3. Th,.:>mas FH'derick de Kock, as ·,cting Magistrate for the district of O ib~.on in place of Jo-:;ias J aoobus d(• Witt transferred, ,vith effect fr ,Jm the 20th July, 1920. · , ·

4. Josia~. Jacobus de Witt, as acti,·g Magistrate for the District ot Kari bib in place of Alfred Benjamin Mo:ie transferred for duty in th-e Union. with effect from tbe 30th Ju:y, 1920. · ·

No. 60.) APPOINTMENT.

[•>th August, 1920.

The Administrat-0r has bl·en 1ple;,sed ~n terms of siection t we Ive of the Adminh~tratioa of Justice .Pro­clamation, 1919, to app(lint John j ackwn Walk,er to act as a' Sub-Inspector of ·th-e South-W f •;;r Africa Poli<:.ei with eifect from the ,1st April, ·1920, ·

No. 61.l l 7th August, J920. MARTIAL LAW REGULJ.TION .

Martial Law Regulations Nos. 99. and 100, issiued ~n the 11th Junie, 1920, _are 1hereby cancelled and repea~ and the following regulation,; a_re •issu ed -ur der Martial Law, by and with th:e :appro"af -of the Adn: inistrator, in lieu theroof:-

M.aximurri price of Paraffin, Pctn I, etc., in the

:Protectorate-. ,

103. (1) No. ret ailer 1shall, ~n and after the public­ation of this regulation, :,;:ell any !p'lrraffin. at prices -exceed­ing the fullowing:

(a") Pt!r case of t\\'O tins each containi.ng 41/ 6 imperial gaJlons l9 s 9 d

(b) P.er cas,c of ten it:ins each con:aining _5 / 6 imperial gallon 24 s 3 d

(c) ~r quart bottle (consumer -to ,;upply hottJie) 8d

but in tlte cas-c .ot (a) a:1d (b) the cost of freight by sea from the Union of .South Africa, railage, ~ransport and insuranoe charges plius 171/2 O/o on l anded cost may be added to the price ;but in no case sltall the price charged to or pa~d by ,thJe consuraer exceed twc shillings and -six• pence p.er tin of 41/, inperial gallons or sixpence per tin of "/6 imperial ·gallon above land :d oost.

(2) No retail-er sha11, p n ;and afbr the publication of this r1eg ulati,on, sell ,ar;y petrol, benzhe or motor spirit (iexchtd!i.ng paraffin) at i:--rices exceedinr the following:­

(a) Aer case of two tins each con;aining 41/ 6 imperial gallons 30s -

(b' Pier caS(' ,of eight ,tins of Shell Brand each oontafoing <ne imperial ga;io,l 36 s -

( c) Per case of ten , ~ins each con ain-in.g "I, imperial gallon . 34 s ~

(d) Pier gallon in bulk.when a lesser quant-ity than one ca.sie i s ·sold 5 s 6 d

but ii.n case of i(a\ (b) ;a:1d (c> the cost of freight by sea from thle Union, raifage, ,transport .and msurance charges plus 17¼% on landled -oost ,may be added to the price but in no instaooe ,snall the priC't! char;~ed to or paid by thie rons·umer ,e.xceeid .

Oificial Gazeite, 1st Sep-tember, 1920.

3 s 6 d · per tin of l4J/., imperial gallons l s - per tin of 1 imperial gallon or

10 d per tirt of , ",/6 imperial gall-on abov,~· landed cosi.

(3i Any person \Vl'o .is in receipt ot informati-on that th,e ptiovisio11s ·of s,cc ions (1) m ('.2. ; hereof are being disi1egardrd. contravened or ·evaded is required to give jn~ormation ther,cot \\'ithout delay, fi-0, the nearest magis­trate who is Iwr-eby enpnwered to call upon any person or firm to pi,oduoe f•or his inspection all such books. acC<>unts, docum,ents or ,other .papers, ,reTevant to the transacti,on, which he may deem nec-essary.

·. (4 Any person or firm wilfully neglecting or failing to oomp,ly with ,an lord er issued by a magistrate in Jerms of siettion( 3 and ,an:, person or firm oontravening the pro,·isi-ons ol' secti,ons. (l or (2 shall be guilty of an oHiem:e and; upon 'oor.victi.on, shall be liable to the pen­alti,es pr,esc1~bed by Martial Law Regulation No. 102.

. No. (i2] {7th August, 1920.

The Administrator has approwd otthe Rules hereio appended, framed hy the Judge of the High Court of ~outh-W,est Africa uwkr the provisions .of secHon 12 ·0f ·he further A.dministratiion of justice Prodatnatton, i920'. .

RULES FOR C RCUIT COURTS IN THE

,PROTECTORATE.

28. The Rul~s of ,Cciurt in f.orce in the Circuit Local Divisions of the Svo-rime Comt .•of South Africa in the Pr.ovince of tht: Cape of Good Hop0 at the date ;of the

· promuigation hieroofshall m1U.tatis mutandi's and as far as practicable and ,in so far as the same are mot inconsistent with the' p•rovisions oJ the Further Adminis­tration ot Justide Prcdamation, 1920, ap,ply in all civil matters ooming befor,~ ·any Circuit Court until repealed, alter,ed or amended •bv ,any rule framed by the Judge of the High Court of .$c,uth-West Africa.

29. R u:ies of Coui t J GO, ,194, 195, l 98, 19U, 200, 315 and 367 in f.oroe in the Circuit Local Divisions of fhe SU:pnemt• ( :.ourt of Sc uth ,Africa in the Pr-ovinte of the Capie of Oood Hop(' ,shall n:ot be of force in c;,cuit Courts.

30. Ru:re of Ccurt .201 in forte 111 the Circuit Local Divisi,ons of the Sup1 eme Cqiurt ,of SiOluth Africa in the Provirwe of tht Cap,e of Good H-::ipc -is hereby amended by dJe;,cting the word "such' ' where it occurs before and the words "as ator-csaid'' ;where tl1ey occur after the word "attorney''. ·

31. Whier-c ·in an .· ;Ru!e •of Co trt in force in .,anv Circuit Lrocal Divisioii of ,th!e Supmne Court of South Africa in the Province ,of .the Cape of Oood Hope the nam!e "Cape T<own'' appears, the rile shall be read as th,ough the name ."Windfruk'' were substituted therefor.

:12, Ru:1e rof Court ,279 in force in the "cirmit _Local Divisions ot th:e Supreme •Court of S101uth Africa in the Province of thL· ·Cape of Oood Hiope is hereby amended by ddeting the word:- ,"tw,o ,<lays ar,d one dayladdition­al t!o thle two :days'' and by substituting therefor the W'Ords "s•evrn days a id ,one day addihonal to the sev:.-n days". .

33. The sale tOf a:1 immovable property attached by p110oess of any Circuit.Court shall be beld in the presence f(}f the .Shcdff in the district of Windhuk~ an-d when the Shieriff judges it advi,able t:O have the pro.perty put sup to auctkin in anoth,c. r ,district, in . th:! presence ,of the Magistrate rof such dHrict. .

34; Witnesses .atbnding a,ny C:rcuit •Court in any civil prooeiectings shail .be ,paid a_ccording to the tariff oonta:irned in Ru'.c 18 of the High CDurt of South0 West Africa. . .

· )5. The tariff f-0;- the execufion · of the process o.f . Circuit Oourts by Jltputy Sheriffs shall be the same as th.af klr thie ,cxecutiot of the ppocess ,of the High '.Oourt of Soutf.-W1est Afric;,. ·· ·

36. The provisions of Rules 9, H, 20, 21,, 24, ~5 and W of th!e · High Court of South-West Africa sliall mu ta tis m 11 tan dis apply ,jn all Circuit Courts.

37. Eviery person duly ,appointed as a .Commissi-oner of th¢ High Court ,of South-West Africa for taking affidavits ,ill· any place whether within . or without the Protectorate shall by virtue .of such appointment be a Gomrriissiorner of 'c'Very Circuii Oc:>Urt. •

38. fa•ery sworn translator duly a"1mitkd and en,. rolliediby <Jrdcr of the High Court of South-West Africa shall, to the .extent ,of such admission and enrolment, be dt·emed to be a sworn translator -of everv Circuit Oourt. · · ______ ·

No. 63.l [7th Augt:3t, 1920.

TARIF!-' FOR OH· ICES OF REGISTRARS OF CIRCUIT .COURTS.

Ttre Administrator has appr•iw~·d of the fees pre­scribt.d by Gowrnment N1)tice Xo. 3, dated the 2nd Januaiy, 1920, and pubbb1ed in the OUidal G azette o f of the 23rd January, 1920, as the fees tn be received under Sl~-::t:on ti of .the Further Administration of Justice Proclamation, 1920, by thie R(•gistrars of Circuit Courts on behalf of the ,Administration in stamps to be affixed to the documPnts named.: -----No. u4.] (7th August, 1920,

.CIRCUIT COURTS.

Under and by virtue .of the powers conferred by $ecUons two and th re etof the furtheT Administration of Justide Proclamati-on, 1920, the Administrator has (j:ivided the Protectorate into ; the ·following Circuit Districts:-( l)Northiern Circuit District, c;:otnprising·-the

Magisterial Districts of Grootfontdn, Karibib, Omaruru, Otjiwarongo, Out,io and Swakopmund

· and the Territory of Ovamboland; (2)S-0uth,ern Circ'Uit District, compr1sm6 i·ile

Magisterial 0.istricts of ·Aroab, R·thany, Gibeon, Xectmanshollp, Luderitzbucht, Maltaholie .and

·:Warmbad, · and has diriected and appointed that Circuit Cuui·ts shall be h~}d in the towns and on the days and ;it the times set forth :n thre1Schedu:e licrct< 1; \pr:·ovide-d that in the event of · the Judge being .prevented by any unforeseen cause of delay from opening -the Circuit Court at any -of the said pfaoes on the ,day fixed for that purpose, such Circuit Court shall be ,op-cned on the day on which the Judge shall arrive at ,such place oi" so soon thereafter as oonvienienth· maY be ..

. . . SCHEDULE. for the N ·or t h:e r n Circuit .0 is tr i ct, GrooHon­

kin; at 9 a. m. :on ,Wednesday 22nd September, 1920. For the Southern Circuit District , Lu<leritz­

hucht, at 2 p. m on -Monday 11th Octo\rer, 192ll.

No. li:-.j [7th August, _HJ20. The Adm.inistrator has, 'in terms of section thirteen

of the further Administration of Justice Proclamation, 1920, been pleased to make th~ follqwing Sub::istence and ·Transport F•egulatkns for till' Judge of the High Court of South-West Africa.

JUDGE'S SUBSlSTENCE. ANL TRANSPORT ,REGULATIONS.

(.Subject to the prnvisions of regu:atilons t \\" o ai1n nin,e, thl' Judge when,requircd to be absent.on Circuit or rother duty from• his ordinary or assigmd headquarters shall be rniitled for each day of twenty-four hocm, adu~I :absienoe to payment of an inclusive su•bsistenC{: allmv,anae of thr-ee guineas p-er day, ftacfions -of a day being calculated proportionately to the number of hours of .absienoe.. ·

2. The payment of .any such subsistence alfowance shall be held to :cover and ~ndude all expenses what­soever incurred by the 'Judge which do not fall under ~he head of transport. : If fhe reasoriable .personal ex­penses of tLe Judge on any Circuit exceed the above

·\

l 2J (B )

QfUtja[ d-az{itte, :1st Sep,t~niber, 1920.

rate for the .Clrcuit taken as a whole the Administrator on submissiort to him . ,o,f a detaifod statement IllaY certify ih f.or p:aym,ent ito an· amount not exceeding four guiti,ea~ per day. _ ·

. 3. At any ~n'tre certified· by _ th,e Adminjstratqr as not having suitable ,hiotet ,~ccommodation. for the Judge on . Circuit, the j'u<lge- 1shall ,have _ the. right to engage· private ,ac«immod:atio-n for· himsel'f, and any reas·onable e~p~nditute s◊ in-cµrred in,excess of the daily S-'Ubsistencei allowanee prescribed under regulation one shall be de­fray;e<! ._ by · the Administration. , . . ., __ ·_ 4. Thie Judge sh:all.,be entitl-ed while travelling on duty to foec· trc1.nsport by crail first class where and so Jar as a railway is avaifabk, (Qr: where and to the extent that there iS no railway ,available then by the best practicable means that the Administration can provide or dete'rmines. Where alternative, routes by land and sea exist the Adi,ninistrator shall determine which route shall be taken. . . . -

. · 5 .. \Xlhonever practicable the Administration will tndcavour to. ~emre a xailway compartment for the Judge travrlling ,on ·duty, and where a night break is required or where 'the .Administrator is satisfied that the public conv1enience would ·be -better served, the :Ad­ministration_ ··will •endeavour •to arrange 1for a railway .:.atriag,e but without ·atten_dance or wpplies. ,

. 6. A J udg1e's ·clerk ,who is in attendance on the' Judge 011 Circuit shall •b!e ,entitled to receive when absent on pr irt -connection · with such .duty such transport and. sub­stsience '.all-o\,·a.nces as may ,be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary 'for the Protectorate. Such judg,e's c:erk shall be allowed to claim for any reason­anie •expenditure necessarily 'incurred by him tn excess ot the rates so prescribed. Such- claims shall' be dealt

. ·with in ,accordance 'With -directions issued by the · Ad­ministrati-bn ft<)tn time 'to ,time.

• 7. The Registrar of the High Court shall make all :,nang;ements for the transport ·of the Judge sub_iect to the dfoechons 'Of'the -Administrator.

S. All da,itns for Jhe payment of subsistence allow­:;nce shall ·state •tbe ,duty necessitating the absen.ce from headqu;nters, the exact time of departure, and the exact time of r,eturn, and shall be signed by toe· Judgr. or his c1erk.

. 9. Whenever accommodation ar d subsistence are in­cluded in any a.mot.mt 1paid .by tr e Administration in respect of the Judge Jrayelling 9n duty (as for exampl(' on board ship) thie subsistence !allowance shall be ont­g~nea per day in Jfou of the sum r,rovided:,.1:1nder regtd-ation one. _ - :·

, 10. The Judge s hall he ientiHed while travelling ()Fl

Circuit to take with .him one serv:1.nt, and where: such servant is not already ,,in :the emrloy of the Admini~ tration _or of· the Judge, such remuneration as is $lP­prov,ed by the . Administrator may -le paid to such! serv­ant ,out of prublic J1u1:ds'. Such servnt shall travel !_second class, and his rieasottable subsis"eJJCe -expenses · shall also be pai-d by the Administratior.. ·· ·. · .·

11 . Sav,e as -is h,:rein provided no claims in respect· of transport •or .subsis~ence or acoommodation of any person in personal attendance .on the judge while tra·

· veiling or absent on duty shall b·! entertained .

No. 66.] [7th August, J920.

APPOINTMEl\ T.

The Admin'.,lr.itor has · been pleased to appoint Louis Fourie M. ·B.; ,Ch. B., as Ddrict S.urgeon;ibr the Magisterial District of Windhuk in addition· to his duties as M1edical Officer- to ,the Administration, with: ef!ect -from the 1st April, :1920.

No. 67.] [12th August, \1920,

REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES.

The Admit1i,sirator has been pI .tased in terms of sub­s•ection (t) of sectkn 213 of the 1::'.omp,anies Act, 1909, of the Province of.thte T ransvaal i1 the Union of ~outb' Africa as appliied to ,th-e Protectorate by the Companies Procfamation-1920,.to appointthieDeeds Regi-stry, W,ind~ huk, as thle ;office -for the · registn: tion of oompanies in thie Protectorate. ·

The Administrator haS'further been pi.eased, in terms of sub-s;ection (2) of the aFore-said section, to ap,po-int Jacobus Stepham1s L0uw to he the Registra~ of Com­pani,es for. the. Protectorate, ,wiv, effect from the 7th August, 1920.

Official Gazette, :1st Sep-te:mber, 1Q20. 23

General

.{o. 16 or 1920 .

ADMISSlO!\i Of .LAND SURVEYOR

It is hereby notrfied .for :general informatton that under the provisions o.f .Section t e1, of the Land 1Survey Proclamation, 1920, •.Vilhielm ·Ewald Mehl has this day

Notices.

. been admitted ~ practise ,as a Land Surveyor in the Protectorate of Souih-West Africa.

H. E. SCHOCH Acting Sun-1eyor-Oene,raL . . I

Sun1eyor-Gener;,1l's Office, W i n d h u k, 30th July; 1920.

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ADVERTISING I~ THE OFF1C~AL GAZETTE OF .. S0t'TH - WEST ,\.FRICA.

The Official Ga; eHe will be published periodically but apj,,,Jximately ,<;.:,.ce a month.. .

. Adwrlisemen.ts .,.ill . be · attept~d for insertfon n: the ,'.)'1ficial Gazdic . ,f the P roteck·rat-e of South~ West Africa at the 0ffic of the Secrdary for lhe Pro­tectot-ate.

A<lvertisements wili be insened in the Garotte . after the official- m 1Uer or in a supplement tQ the

Gaz,ette, at the discretion of the S~etary. . Advertisements viii be a-ccepl-ed for· the Eugilish,

Dutch or German ditions and will be published in the language in whk:h they are wriiteu in the reiet·ant editiJ01n.s of the Gaze:te.

The Secretary· 'viii have the rigiht bo refuse to aooept ror publicaLon any advertisement which he MnSiders is not of 1 suitable nature.

APPOINTMENT Of SWORN APPRAISER.

Notide is h~-rebv riven that bv virtue of the autlioritv \'t'.Sted in me by Stctlon 10 of Jhe Administration lpf Esta1Jes Act, 1913, l have this day appointed August Laszig ,of Omaruru co act as Sworn Appraiser for the District of Oman.in. ·

S .. Ei. du PLESSIS Maste:· of the High Court.

Windhuk, 18th Hay, 1920.

APPOINTM.Ei\' T OF SWOR:i'<l' APPRAISER.

By V'iirtUJe of the authority vestet! in me by Section 10 of thie Adm:in istratk n ,of Estat,eS Act, 1913, I have ap­pointied Wallace Mint-:) Thomps,on JOi"Oso11gombo, l(aik­\leld, District Otjiwarongo, to .act as Sworn Appraiser 11or the District of Otjiwarongo.

S. d. du PLESSIS Master of the High Court.

\Vin d h u k , 19th J Uille, 1920. i

APPOINTME.L\ T OF SWORN APPRAISER.

· Notioe is hereby given .that by virtue of the authority \'csted fa me ·bv -S,-ction 10 or the Administration ~ Esta~ Act, 1913,. I haV'c this d;1y appointed Hugo ;Wik:kiens of Omate,,1 in the District of Gobabis to act as Sworn Appr,user ,br the District ofOobabis.

S. l-:f. du PLESSIS Master or the High Court.

Windhuk, 16th July, 1920.

!N THE HIGH COURT· SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

·· To. Oesina Maria Geringer, .formerly of Room No. 17, Cal1edonian f.\ansio-ns, J,o l1annesburg, whose p11escnt where,,houts is unkn•)wn.

TAKE NOTICE, that bv Citaticn and Inrendi.t issued irom and f.i:ied in .the- Offioe •of the Registrar of the High. Court 1of South-\V c-st Africa, \you- have been cited to cause

The subscription for every number of the Gazette is six shillings per annum, post free. Single oopies of the Gazette may he obtair1ed at the price of 6 d per oopy.

The charge for the . insertion of adverlisements other thar1 the notioes mentioned in the succeeding paragraph, iS at the rate of 6.'- per inoh. single column and 12.- per inch douhte c-olumn, repeats half price.

· Notices to credilors and debtors in lhe estates of deceased persons and notices lw executors concerniu <1

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liquidation accounts lying for inspection, are publishe d fa1 S•\hedule form at 9/- per estate.

· No advertisement will be inserted unless t~e · charge is :prepaid bo the Secretary. Cheques, draf-.s postal orders or money -orders must be made payab-~

. Ix> the Secretary for the Protectorate.

an appearance iio be entered before the said Court on -o, befor1' the 21st day of October, 1920, and vou are re­qui1.1ed tio p!•ead, answer, .except, or make claim in re­oonvention ,on or befor:e .the 26th day of October, 1920, in an action in :which Anddes Johannes Gerin,g-er claims:- -

(a) Restitufon of Conjuga1 Rights, . failing which, • Divoroe.

(b) Custody of the Minor Chiltl of the Marriage. (<;) A Declaration of forfeiture by y,ou, the said Gesina

Maria Geringer of all benefits arising from the marriag:e in aommunity of property between you

. and the sa.id Andries Johann.es Geringe·r. 'ln de.fau1t of your appearance, and by reason ofyoUJ!'

fai!tfre to ple.ad, ycu ,wiU he barred, and the said ·court will b-e prayed to grant judgment against you by def.:mlt on \Vednesday tbe 27th day of October, 1920.

Dated at Windhuk this 14th day of July, 1920.

0. du T. VOSS .

E. !Edgar Bone. Lorentz & Bont:.

Plaintiff's Attomeys. 25, Kaiser Str·eet,

· \Vindhuk. Box 85.

· R,egistrar ·of fhe High Court · •· or Souths West Africa.

NOTlCE TO CReDITORS. ln pursuance.of a resotuti:on of a General l\.'\e~ting of

Shareholders1 held ()fl the 29th May, 1920, the Uquid­tion. of ,the undersigned Company has been resolved ,upon. I, the •duly appajrtted Liquidator hereby request Cr.editors of1_i;lle said Oomip-any to lodg,~ their u!aims with the undersiigned 1together with all Vouchers necessary t1J establish such ;claims within 3 months from this date. SPENCERBAY DIAMANTOESELLSCHAfT M. B. H..

Dr. ·w. ZERSCH, Box 122.

Lud,eritzbuuht; 1st June, 1920. Liquidaror.

Official Gazette, 1st Ser;tember, l 92U.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

. Jn pursuance ot a resolution of liquidation dated h;th .!\pril, 1914, of the Hansa Diamond Mining Com­p~ny, ~irnited, (in Jiquidation), of Luderitzhucht, I, the nmlerstgned, duly ,at,pointed as Liquidator at a General Mertittg of Shareholders, held on the 8th April, 1920, .it Luderitzbud;t, hereby request Creditors. of foe said Cornpany within three m,rnths from date hei-eof io l-0do:e i\ei,· tlaims with the undersigned, together ,dth :n 'J(itH.:Ler;: i1tXessary to establish such claims.

Lu.:erit1.buc!·,t, 10th April, 19'.W.

NOTICE.

Dr. \V. ZERSCH. liquidator.

t,; terms ot S,·ction .:l-I or t!1e Imreria'. :\\ining Or­Ji::,:;,c:e- ,J~ th, 8th :August 19US as amendd, it is .hereby

notified, that M. J. Robinson, Hote'.keer,cr of luderitz­bucht has lodg.ed an :applirntion, in terms ot Section 37 of tbe amended Mining ;Ordinance, for thr conversion of th:e Bas(• Minera! Prospecting•claims situde<l at Berseba fo the District ot 1KPetmanrhoor,, registerd in his name, .and more particularly dl·Scrihed in the SJ1edule hereto.

Any objection against Lle .com'er$ion nust be l•odged in writing at this Office ,,ithhl a jWri{)d Df one rnnnth from tLe publication hereof in the Protec_ora\e .Gazette; atter the exr,iry of the sai· 1 period no of.jecHon \YiH he accer;tc•d or c,rnsidered.

The survn'ed plan~. ol the pr,,,>ostd .'viiniue.r Area;; . 'are open for inspection at thi£ Office ard mav l,e S('e:!1

during official hc,urs withi1, the period ab J\"e n{l'.ntiond.

:'.tin-es Olfice,

J. F SCh RODER, Ohcer i,1 Ch:irg, _

Luderitzbucht, j,1iy 1st, 1920.

SCHEDULE.

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NOHCE TO CRIEDHORS AND DEBTORS IN THE ESTATES OF DECEASED A~D .lBSE~T PERSONS.

,.:::re~:itc•r~ 2nd tieotr:,rs 1n the estates of the persons describe:] in the .irs, c:;Jumn c ,1r scheJuk . ... .:':S:c:ll :-,et·et:•) are hert,b ~· required to file their claims with and pay their debts tr; the persur:, named in tht

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