for the time being in force relating to Asiatic immigrants shall apply.

14. (1.) From and out of all moneys realized by the Official Receiver for or on account of any estate administered by him under this Ordinance, he shall deduct a commission at the rate of 8 dollars on every 100 dollars received or realized, and no commission shall be payable on any sums disbursed or paid out.

(2.) The amount of all commissions received by the Official Receiver under this section shall be paid to the Receiver-General for the use of the Colony.

15.-(1.) The provisions of the last ten preceding sections (sections 5 to 14 inclusive) shall apply only to the estates of immigrants who die before they have become entitled to a return passage to India or before they have surrendered their right to such return passage, under any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to the return passages of immigrants to India and the surrender to the right of such passages.

(2.) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Immigration Agent-General that any immigrant is entitled to a return passage as aforesaid, or has surrendered his right to such return passage, shall be primâ facie evidence of such facts, and shall be received in evidence as such in all Courts without proof of the signature of the Immigration Agent-General.

ACT of the Government of Canada to amend the Acts respecting Naturalization and Aliens.*

[4 & 5 Edw. VII, c. 25.]

[Assented to July 20, 1905.]

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Sub-section (5) of section 11 A of "The Naturalization Act," as the said section is enacted by section 2 of chapter 38 of the Statutes of 1903, is hereby repealed, and the following substituted therefor:

"(5.) In the North-West Territories the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply, but the procedure shall be as follows:

(a.) Before its presentation to the Judge the certificate shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court for the judicial district within which the alien resides, unless he resides within a portion of such district assigned to a Deputy Clerk, in which case it shall be filed in the office of such Deputy Clerk.

* See Vol. XCVII, page 609.

"(b.) A copy of the certificate shall thereupon be posted up in a conspicuous place in the office of the Clerk of the Court, or of the Deputy Clerk, as the case may be, and shall remain so posted up for a period of not less than two weeks.

"(c.) At any time after such copy is first so posted up any one may file with the Clerk of the Court, or with the Deputy Clerk, as the case may be, a written notice of objection to the certificate of naturalization being granted, stating the grounds of such objection.

"(d.) Not later than three weeks after the certificate is so filed the Clerk of the Court, or the Deputy Clerk, as the case may be, shall present to the Judge, or transmit to him by registered letter, the certificate and all notices of objection filed with him, if any, with a certificate, under his hand and the Seal of the Court, that a copy of the certificate has been duly posted up in his office as above required, and, if no notice of objection has been filed with him, that such is the case.

"(e.) Within one week following the receipt by the Judge of the certificate and such other material he shall hold a sitting in chambers, at which, if no notice of objection has been filed, and if the certificate appears to be regular and sufficient, he shall direct the issue to the alien of a certificate of naturalization; and if any notice of objection has been received, or if the certificate is defective or otherwise open to objection, he shall decide such objection in a summary way, and shall make such direction or order in the premises as the justice of the case requires.

"(f.) The Judge shall have power to adjourn the hearing of any such case from time to time."

2. Form (A) in the Schedule to chapter 113 of the Revised Statutes of Canada is hereby amended by repealing the Form of Oath of Allegiance as therein set forth, and substituting the following therefor :

"THE NATURALIZATION ACT.

"Oath of Allegiance.

"I, A. B., formerly of [former place of residence to be stated here], in [country of origin to be stated here], and known there by the name of [name and surname of alien in his country of origin to be stated here], and now residing at [place of residence in Canada and occupation to be stated here], do sincerely promise and swear (or, being a person allowed by law to affirm in judicial cases, do affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Edward VII. [or reigning Sovereign for the time being] as lawful Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dominion of Canada, dependent on and belonging to the [1904-1905. ΧOVILL.]

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said kingdom, and that I will defend him to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies or attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person, Crown, and dignity, and that I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, his heirs or successors, all treasons or traitorous conspiracies and attempts which I shall know to be against him or any of them; and all this I do swear (or affirm) without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation. So help me God. "Sworn before me at

this

day of

"A. B."

ACT of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope to provide for Copyright in certain Works of Art.

[No. 46.]

[Assented to June 6, 1905.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows:

1. In this Act, unless the context shall otherwise indicate or require, the following terms shall have the meanings hereby attached to them:

"Work of art" and "work" shall mean a painting or drawing and the design thereof, a photograph and the negative thereof, and any positives or copies made therefrom, an engraving, or a piece of sculpture.

"Copyright" shall mean the sole and exclusive right of copying, reproducing, repeating, or otherwise multiplying copies of any work of art and of the design thereof, of any size, in the same or any other material, or by the same or any other kind of art.

"Author" shall mean the inventor, designer, engraver, sculptor, or maker of any work of art: Provided that the author of a work of art made by the employé of any person or firm in virtue of his employment shall mean the person or firm under whose orders, or in the course of whose business, the work of art was made by such employé.

"Assigns" shall include every person in whom the interest of an author is vested, whether derived from such author before or after publication or registration, and whether acquired by sale, donation, legacy, or by operation of law, or otherwise.

"Court" shall mean the Supreme Court, the Eastern Districts Court, the High Court of Griqualand West, and any Circuit Court.

Registrar" shall mean such official, in the Civil Service, as the

Governor may appoint to discharge the duties of Registrar under

this Act.

2. The author of every original work of art produced in the Colony shall have the copyright therein, provided that when any work of art shall, for the first time after the passing of this Act, be sold or disposed of, or shall be made or executed for or on behalf of any other person, for a good or valuable consideration, the person so selling or disposing of or making or executing the same shall not retain the copyright thereof, unless it be expressly reserved to him by an agreement in writing, signed, at or before the time of such sale or disposition, by the purchaser or assignee, or by the person for, or on whose behalf, the same shall have been so made or executed; but the copyright shall belong to the vendee or assignee, or to the person for or on whose behalf the work of art shall have been made or executed.

(1.) The copyright herein before given shall, in the case of paintings and sculpture, endure for the life of the person to whom the same is given, and thirty years next after his death; aud in the case of engravings not published in or forming part of a book, and photographs, for the term of thirty years next after the end of the year in which they or any copies may have been first offered for sale, delivered to a purchaser, or advertised or exposed as ready for sale to the public or for delivery to a purchaser, or delivered for registration.

3. Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice the right of any person to copy or represent any work in which there shall be no copyright, or to represent any scene or object, notwithstanding that there may be copyright in some representation of such scene or object.

4. A Registry Book, entitled "The Register of Proprietors of Copyright in Works of Art," shall be kept at the office of the Registrar, wherein shall be registered the proprietorship of every copyright in works of art and assignments thereof; and there shall be entered in such Register the following particulars in reference to every copyright entered therein: the name and abode of the proprietor of the copyright, the title (if any) of the work, a short description of the nature and subject thereof, and, if the person registering so desire, a sketch or outline or photograph of such work, and all such further particulars as may be prescribed by the Registrar in that behalf; and for every entry of proprietorship or assignment of copyright in the Register there shall be paid to the Registrar such sum as the Governor may prescribe: Provided that in the case of a photograph the fee shall not exceed 1s., and in the case of a series of photographs commonly known as living pictures, cinematographs, or bioscopes, the said fee shall only be payable on

the first and every succeeding hundredth negative or photograph constituting any one continuous film or series of photographs.

(1.) The Register shall at all convenient times be open to the inspection of any person on payment of ls. for every entry which shall be searched for or inspected in the said Register; and the Registrar shall, whenever thereunto reasonably required, give a copy of any entry in such Register, certified under his hand, to any person requiring the same, upon payment to him of the sum of 5s.; and such copy so certified shall be received in evidence in all Courts, and shall be primâ facie proof of the proprietorship or assignment of the copyright as therein stated, but subject to be rebutted by other evidence.

(2.) If any person shall deem himself aggrieved by any entry made in the Register under cover of this Act, it shall be lawful for such person to apply by motion to the Court, or in vacation to a Judge thereof in chambers, for an order that such entry may be expunged or varied; and thereupon such Court or Judge shall make such order for expunging, varying, or confirming such entry, either with or without costs, as to such Court or Judge shall seem just; and the Registrar shall, on the production to him of any such order for expunging or varying any such entry, expunge or vary the same accordingly.

5. It shall be lawful for the registered proprietor of copyright to assign his interest or any part thereof in writing, under his hand, duly witnessed by two witnesses; and on production of such assignment by or on behalf of the assignee, the Registrar shall make an entry in the Register of such assignment, and of the name and place of abode of the assignee thereof; and such assignment so entered shall be effectual in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever, without being subject to any stamp or duty.

6. If any person, not being the proprietor for the time being of the copyright in any work of art, shall without the consent of such proprietor make or cause to be made any copy, reproduction, repetition, or colourable imitation of the work in which such copyright exists, for sale, hire, exhibition, or distribution, or shall knowingly sell, let to hire, exhibit, or distribute, or cause to be sold, let to hire, exhibited, or distributed any copy, reproduction, repetition, or colourable imitation made without such consent, or, if made abroad, imported without such consent, or shall import, or cause to be imported, any copy, reproduction, repetition, or colourable imitation, such person shall be liable to an action for damages for infringement of the copyright, and all such copies shall be forfeited to such proprietor.

7. No person shall do or cause to be done any of the following acts, that is to say:

(1.) No person shall fraudulently sign or affix, or fraudulently