Section 6: Warrant sufficient authority for master of ship.

CHAPTER 158. LUNATICS REMOVAL. 20 of 1932. An Ordinance to make Provision for the Removal of Lunatics from the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone. Short title. [28TH DECEMBER, 1932.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Lunatics Removal Ordinance, and shall apply to the Colony and Protectorate. Limli~tedt_ f 2. For the purposes of this Ordinance the Lunacy Ordinanceapp ca Ion o Cap. 157 to shall apply to the Protectorate. Protectorate. Interpretation. Removal of lunatics to the United Kingdom or a British Colony or Protectorate. 3. In this Ordinance, unless the conte,xt otherwise requires- " native of Sierra Leone " means any person ordinarily resident in Sierra Leone who is a member of a race, tribe or community settled in Sierra Leone. "subject" includes a protected person. 4. When any British subject, who is not a native of Sierra Leone, shall be declared to be a lunatic under and in accordance with the provisions of the Lunacy Ordinance, and it shall appear to the Governor that it is likely that his life may be endangered, or his recovery hindered, if he should be detained in Sierra Leone, the Governor rna y by warrant direct that such person be removed in safe custody to any port in the Colony or Protectorate, and there be placed in custody of such one or Lunatics Removal [Cap. 158 more persons on board a ship bound for such port in the United Kingdom or a British Colony or Protectorate as the warrant shall specify: Provided that no such warrant shall be issued unless the Governor is satisfied that arrangements have been, or will be, made for the payment of the cost of the lunatic's removal and for his subsequent maintenance in the United Kingdom or the British Colony or Protectorate as the case may be. 5. When any other person who is not a native of Sierra Leone R?mo val 0 ! 11 b d 1 d b 1 . .e .d d h. f .1 alien unat10s sha e ec are to e a unatiC as a1oresa1 , an IS ann y or to other friends or the Government of the country of which he is a countries. subject desire that he should be removed to the country of which he is a subject, and shall satisfy the Governor that proper arrangements have been made for such removal and for his subsequent maintenance, the Governor may by warrant direct that such person be removed in safe custody to any port in the Colony or Protectorate, and there placed in the custody of such one or more persons on board a ship bound for some port in the country of which he is a subject as the warrant shall specify. 6. A warrant under section 4 or section 5, as the case may be, shall be sufficient authority for the master of any ship to receive and detain the lunatic on board the ship and to convey him to his destination. Warrant sufficient authority for master of ship.