SLAVE TRADE ACT 1873 - SECT 29 Extension of Act to future treaties.

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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1873 - SECT 29

Extension of Act to future treaties.

29. Where any treaty in relation to the slave trade is made after the passing
of this Act, by or on behalf of Her Majesty, with any foreign state, Her
Majesty may by Order in Council direct that as from such date, not being
earlier than the date of the treaty, as may be specified in the order, such
treaty shall be deemed, and thereupon (as from the said date, or if no date is
specified as from the date of such order) such treaty shall be deemed to be an
existing slave trade treaty within the meaning of this Act, and all the
provisions of this Act shall apply and be construed accordingly.

Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent order referring to the same
treaty, render the application of this Act subject to such conditions,
exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient.

Every such order shall recite or embody the terms of the treaty so far as they
relate to the slave trade, and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament
within six weeks after it is made, or, if Parliament be not then sitting,
within six weeks after the then next meeting of Parliament, and shall also be
published in the London Gazette.

A treaty, whether made before or after the passing of this Act, which ceases
to be in force shall cease to be an existing slave trade treaty within the
meaning of this Act.

S.30 rep. by SLR 1883

First.Hatches with open gratings, instead of the close hatches which are usual
in merchant vessels.

Secondly.Divisions or bulkheads in the hold or on deck more numerous than are
necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade.

Thirdly.Spare plank fitted for being laid down as a second or slave deck.

Fourthly.Shackles, bolts, or handcuffs.

Fifthly.A larger quantity of water in casks or in tanks than is requisite for
the consumption of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Sixthly.An extraordinary number of water casks or of other vessels for holding
liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the custom house at
the place from which he cleared outwards, stating that a sufficient security
had been given by the owners of such vessel that such extra quantity of casks
or of other vessels should only be used for the reception of palm oil, or for
other purposes of lawful commerce.

Seventhly.A greater quantity of mess tubs or kids than are requisite for the
use of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Eighthly.A boiler or other cooking apparatus of an unusual size, and larger or
fitted for being or capable of being made larger, than requisite for the use
of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel, or more than one boiler or
other cooking apparatus of the ordinary size.

Ninthly.An extraordinary quantity either of rice or of the flour of Brazil,
manioc, or cassada, commonly called farinha, of maize or of Indian corn, or of
any other article of food whatever, beyond what might probably be requisite
for the use of the crew, such rice, flour, maize, Indian corn, or other
article of food not being entered on the manifest as part of the cargo for
trade.

Tenthly.A quantity of mats or matting larger than is necessary for the use of
the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Eleventhly.Any other equipment, article, or thing, which is declared by any
existing slave trade treaty to be prima8 facie evidence of a vessel being
engaged in the slave trade.

Second Schedule rep. by SLR 1883

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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1873 - SECT 29