ST. HELENA 113 



ST. HELENA 

 In the second year of the reign of His Majesty 



KING EDWARD VII 



ROBERT ARMITAGE STERNDALE, ESQUIRE, 



Governor and Commander-in-Chief . 



2$th April, 1902. 



AN ORDINANCE for the better preservation 

 Title. of the custody of prisoners of war and for the pre- 



vention of smuggling of illicit correspondence. 



Whereas it is expedient during the present 



Preamble. condition of this island as a place of safe custody 



for prisoners of war, that certain regulations be 



promulgated and passed into law for the time being for the purpose 



of more efficiently exercising a check over correspondence to and 



from the said prisoners of war, and for providing a penalty for 



those who aid and abet the said prisoners in sending away letters 



surreptitiously. 



BE IT ENACTED by the Governor of St. Helena as foUows : 



1. That any person who assists any prisoner of 

 Aiding prisoners war in evading the regulations of the censorship 



of war to evade by undertaking to post and carrying out the posting 



regulation of or delivery of any letter, parcel or other article 



the censorship, through the post, or otherwise, with the intent of 



evading the censorship, shall on conviction of the 



same be liable to a penalty not exceeding ^5 for every such offence 



as aforesaid. 



2. That it shall be lawful for the postmaster 

 Postmaster may during the detention of prisoners of war to 

 detain letters and hand over to the military authorities any letters, 



hand them over newspapers, or parcels, which he has reason to 



to the military suppose are intended for the prisoners of war 



authorities. though addressed to residents of this island with 



intent to evade censorship of the same, if posted 



by any resident surreptitiously for any prisoner of war. 



3. Any person convicted of carrying any letters, 

 Penalty for parcels or other articles for any prisoner of war 



carrying letters, on board any vessel, or of conveying any prisoner 

 etc. to any such vessel, shall on conviction be liable to 



a penalty not exceeding 50, or imprisonment not 

 exceeding six months. 



4. Any person trading for arms or ammunition 

 Import of arms or accepting any firearm or weapon and ammuni- 



prohibited. tion shall on conviction be liable to a penalty not 



exceeding 10. 



5. Any person possessing arms and selling or 

 Selling arms to lending the same to any prisoner of war shall on 



prisoners of war. conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding 

 six months' imprisonment. 



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