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COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACT 1884 - SECT 6

Evidence of act of government of British possession or Secretary of State.

6.(1) The concurrence of the Government of a British possession, and any
requisition by the Government of a British possession, may be given or made by
the Governor in Council or such other authority as may be from time to time
provided by the law of that possession, but shall be signified by writing
under the hand of the Governor or of the Colonial Secretary or of any other
officer appointed in this behalf by the law of that possession.

(2) Any writing purporting to give such concurrence or make such requisition,
and to be signed by the Governor or Colonial Secretary or other officer for
the time being, shall be conclusive evidence that the concurrence of or
requisition by the Government of the British possession has been duly given or
made according to law; and any writing purporting to be under the hand of a
Secretary of State, and to order the removal of a prisoner from a
British possession, shall be conclusive evidence that such order has been duly
given by the Secretary of State, and every such writing as above in this
section mentioned shall be admissible in evidence in any court in Her
Majesty's dominions without further proof.

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