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The Visiting Forces Act (Application to Colonies) Order 1954
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3.—(1) In sub-section (1) of section 2 for the words “any of Her Majesty's ships or aircraft” there shall be substituted the words “any ships or aircraft belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Territory” .
(2) For sub-section (6) of section 2 there shall be substituted the following sub-section—
“(6) For the purpose of enabling the service courts and service authorities of a country to which this section applies to exercise more effectively the powers referred to in sub-section (1) of this section, the Governor may, if so requested by the appropriate authority of that country, from time to time by general or special orders direct members of United Kingdom forces or local forces to arrest any person, being a member of a visiting force of that country, who is alleged to be guilty of an offence punishable under the law of that country and to hand him over to such service authority of that country as may be designated by or under the orders.”
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