Section I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen touching the legal mode of treating Convicts transported to places within

I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen touching the legal mode of treating Convicts transported to places within the territories of the East India Company, and it is expedient to modify the rules which have heretofore been followed with regard to the management of such Convicts ; It is hereby declared and enacted, that as soon as any offender shall be delivered to the person or persons to be appointed by the Governor General in Council on that behalf at the place to which he is transported, the property in the service of such offender shall be vested in such person or persons during the term of transportation.