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Schedule., part 2, The Protectorate Vagrancy Ordinance (1934)

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6. (1) If any native is convicted in any Native Court of any offence which such Court is competent to try, and such native was not born in the chiefdom in which the Court has jurisdiction and has not resided there for a continuous period of two years previous to his being brought before the Court, then the Court may recommend to the Magistrate of the district in which the chiefdom is situated that such native shall, in addition to any punishment, be repatriated to the chiefdom to which it appears he properly belongs. (2) Such native shall be sent forthwith to the Magistrate with as full a record of the proceedings as the circumstances permit. 7. The Magistrate shall, when a native is brought before him by virtue of the provisions of section 6, review the proceedings held in the Native Court and if satisfied that any recommenda- tion made under the provisions of that section has been properly made, may, by an order which may be in the form set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance, direct that such native shall, within a period to be specified in the order, be repatriated to the chiefdom named in the order. 8. Any repatriation order made under this Ordinance shall be carried out by such persons and in such manner as the Magistrate shall direct, and all persons in any way concerned in Protectorate Vagrancy [Cap. 64 565 carrying out any such order shall be held harmless and no action at law shall be maintainable in respect of any act done in pursuance of any such order. Immunity. 9. All expenses incurred in the execution of a repatriation order made under this Ordinance shall be paid out of general revenue. Expenses of repatriation to be paid from general revenue. 10. If a native who has been repatriated under the provisions of this Ordinance shall return to the chiefdom from which he has been repatriated within a period of two years, without the consent of the Tribal Authority of such chiefdom, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour. Penalty in case of a repatriated native returning to the chiefdom.

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