Slave Trade Act, 1843
SLAVE TRADE ACT 1843 | ||
CHAPTER XCVIII. | ||
An Act for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.[1] [24th August 1843.] | ||
[Recital of 5 Geo. 4, c. 113. s. 2.] And whereas it is expedient that from and after the commencement of this Act the provisions of the said Act herein-before recited shall be deemed to apply to, and extend to render unlawful, and to prohibit, the several Acts, matters, and things therein mentioned when committed by British subjects in foreign countries and settlements not belonging to the British crown, in like manner and to all intents and purposes as if the same were done or committed by such persons within the British dominions, colonies, or settlements; and it is expedient that further provisions should be made for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, and of certain practices tending to promote and encourage it: | ||
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5 Geo. 4 c. 113, and this Act shall apply to all British subjects wherever residing. |
[1.] All the provisions of the Slave Trade Act, 1824 , herein-before recited and of this present Act shall be deemed to extend and apply to British subjects wheresoever residing or being, and whether within the dominions of the British crown or of any foreign country; and all the several matters and things prohibited by the Slave Trade Act, 1824 , or by this present Act, when committed by British subjects, whether within the dominions of the British crown or in any foreign country, . . . shall be deemed and taken to be offences committed against the said several Acts respectively, and shall be dealt with and punished accordingly: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall repeal or alter any of the provisions of the said Act. | |
[S. 2 rep. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 67. (S.L.R.) S. 3 rep. 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88 s. 30.] | ||
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Evidence may be taken abroad, and transmitted to the Court of Queen’s Bench, on indictments, &c. for offences under recited Acts and this Act. 13 Geo. 3. c. 63. |
4. [Recital as to insufficiency of Acts for abolition of slave trade out of the United Kingdom.] In all cases of indictment or information laid or exhibited in the Court of Queen’s Bench for misdemeanors or offences committed against the said Acts or against this present Act in any places out of the United Kingdom, and within any British colony, settlement, plantation, or territory, it shall and may be lawful for her Majesty’s said court, upon motion to be made on behalf of the prosecutor or defendant, to award a writ or writs of mandamus, requiring the chief justice or other chief judicial officer in such colony, settlement, plantation, or territory, who are hereby respectively authorized and required accordingly, to hold a court, with all convenient speed, for the examination of witnesses and receiving other proofs concerning the matters charged in such indictments or informations respectively, and in the meantime to cause public notice to be given of the holding of such courts, and summonses to be issued for the attendances of witnesses and of agents and counsel of the parties; and such examination as aforesaid shall be then and there openly and publicly taken in the said court vivâ voce, upon the respective oaths of the persons examined, and be reduced to writing, and be sent to her Majesty in her Court of Queen’s Bench (in manner set forth and prescribed in the East India Company Act, 1772); and such depositions being duly taken and returned according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, shall be allowed and read, and shall be deemed as good and competent evidence as if such witnesses had been present and sworn and examined vivâ voce at any trial for such misdemeanors and offences as aforesaid in her Majesty’s said Court of Queen’s Bench, any law or usage to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. | |
[Ss. 5, 6 rep. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 67. (S.L.R.) S. 7 rep. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 96. (S.L.R.)] | ||
[1 Short title, “The Slave Trade Act, 1843.” See 55 & 56 Vict. c. 10.] |