ment to make good any deficiency in the revenue of such territory. 14. It shall not be lawful to alienate any land in Basutoland or any land forming part of the native reserves in the Bechuanaland protectorate and Swaziland from the native tribes inhabiting those territories. 15. The sale of intoxicating liquor to natives shall be prohibited in the territories, and no provision giving facilities for introducing, obtaining, or possessing such liquor in any part of the territories less stringent than those existing at the time of the transfer shall be allowed. 16. The custom, where it exists, of holding pitsos or other recognised forms of native assembly shall be maintained in the territories. 17. No differential duties or imposts on the produce of the territories shall be levied. The laws of the Union relating to customs and excise shall be made to apply to the territories. 18. There shall be free intercourse for the inhabitants of the territories with the rest of South Africa subject to the laws, including the pass laws, of the Union. 19. Subject to the provisions of this schedule, all revenues derived from any territory shall be expended for and on behalf of such territory: Provided that the Governor General in Council may make special provision for the appropriation of a portion of such revenue as a contribution towards the cost of defence and other services performed by the Union for the benefit of the whole of South Africa, so, however, that that contribution shall not bear a higher proportion to the total costs of such services than that which the amount payable under paragraph 12 of this schedule from the Treasury of the Union towards the cost of the administration of the territory bears to the total customs revenue of the Union on the average of the three years immediately preceding the year for which the contribution is made. 20. The King may disallow any law made by the Governor General in Council by proclamation for any territory within one year from the date of the proclamation, and such disallowance on being made known by the Governor General by proclamation shall annul the law from the day when the disallowance is so made known. 21. The members of the commission shall be entitled to such pensions of superannuation allowances as the Governor General in Council shall by proclamation provide, and the salaries and pensions of such members and all other expenses of the commission shall be borne by the territories in the proportion of their respective revenues. 22. The rights as existing at the date of transfer of officers of the public service employed in any territory shall remain in force. 23. Where any appeal made by law be made to the King in Council from any court of the territories, such appeal shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be made to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. 24. The Commission shall prepare an annual report on the territories, which shall, when approved by the Governor General in Council, be laid before both Houses of Parliament. 25. All bills to amend or alter the provisions of this Schedule shall be reserved for the significance of His Majesty's pleasure. HISTORICAL RESUME By the British Nationality and Status of Aliens' Act of 1914 all of the Dominions were affected and the Dominions were recognized eo nomine for purposes of future legislation. BRITISH NATIONALITY AND STATUS OF ALIENS ACT [4 & 5 George V, cap. 17] 1914 An Act to consolidate and amend the Enactment relating to British nationality and the status of Aliens. BE IT ENACTED by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: PART I.-Natural-born British Subjects 1. (1) The following persons shall be deemed to be natural-born British subjects, namely: PART II.-Naturalization of Aliens 2. (1) The Secretary of State may grant a certificate of naturalization to an alien who makes an application for the purpose, and satisfies the Secretary of State 8. (1) The Government of any British possession shall have the same power to grant a certificate of naturalization as the Secretary of State has under this Act, and the provisions of this Act as to the grant and revocation of such a certificate shall apply accordingly, with the substitution of the Government of the possession for the Secretary of State, and the possession for the United 309 |