Section IV. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that all persons who have heretofore been transported to any

IV. And it is hereby declared and enacted, that all persons who have heretofore been transported to any place within the territories of the East India Company, and whose terms of transportation are not yet expired, shall be subject to the provisions contained in this Act, and nothing heretofore done with respect to offenders who have been so transported in conformity with the provisions of this Act, or by the orders, or with the sanction of Government, shall be called in question in any Court of law.