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Death penalty for treachery.
I. If, with intent to help the enemy, any person does, or attempts or conspires with any other person to do, any act which is designed or likely to give assistance to the military or air operations of the enemy, to impede such operations of His Majesty’s forces, or to endanger life, he shall be guilty of felony and shall on conviction suffer death.
II. —(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, persons charged with offences against this Act shall be prosecuted upon indictment, and if convicted shall be dealt with in like manner as persons convicted on indictment of murder:
Provided that—
(a) the provisions of the Military Discipline Act, the Army Act, and the Air Force Act, relating to offences punishable by ordinary law shall, in relation to persons subject to those Acts, apply to offences against this Act, and the provisions of those Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the second column of that Schedule:
(b) any enemy alien may, if the Attorney-General so directs, be prosecuted for an offence against this Act before a court martial, and upon such a direction being given with respect to an enemy alien the Army Act shall apply for the purpose of his custody, trial, sentence, and punishment as if he were, and had been at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed, a person subject to military law:
(c) if upon representations made to him, it appears to the Secretary of State that any person sentenced to death after being convicted on indictment of an offence against this Act was, at the time of the commission of the offence, a member of the armed forces of the Crown or of the armed forces of any foreign power, including an enemy power, the Secretary of State may direct that, instead of being dealt with in like manner as a person sentenced to death after being convicted on indictment of murder, he shall be dealt with under the Military Discipline Act, the Army Act, or the Air Force Act, or in the case of a person not subject to those Acts under whichever of those Acts the Secretary of State considers to be appropriate, in like manner as a person upon whom sentence of death by shooting has been passed by a court martial.
(2) No prosecution in respect of any offence against this Act shall be instituted, otherwise than by way of proceedings for a trial by court martial, except by, or with the consent of, the Attorney-General:
Provided that this subsection shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or the execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of any offence, or the remanding, in custody or on bail, of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the consent of the Attorney-General to the institution of a prosecution for the offence has not been obtained.
(3) Where in accordance with the provisions of proviso (b) to subsection (1) of this section a direction is given by the Attorney-General for the trial by court martial of any person charged with an offence against this Act, that person, if not in military custody, may be transferred to military custody in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State may by order provide for discharging or varying any order which may have been made by a justice of the peace as to the remand or committal for trial of that person.

Joinder of charges and place of trial of offences
III. —(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law or practice, charges for any offences, except treason, may be joined with a charge for any offence against this Act in the same indictment or charge-sheet, if those charges are founded on the same facts, or form, or are a part of, a series of offences of the same or a similar character.
(2) Where any person is charged with an offence against this Act before a court martial and charges for other offences are joined in the same charge-sheet in accordance with the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to try and to punish the person charged with those offences notwithstanding that they may be offences for which that person would not otherwise be triable by court martial, and the Military Discipline Act, the Army Act and the Air Force Act shall apply in relation thereto accordingly.
(3) A person charged with an offence against this Act who is in Rhodesia and Nyasaland may, whether or not the offence was committed in the Rhodesia and Nyasaland or in any Rhodesian aircraft, be taken in custody to any county or place in the Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and may be proceeded against, indicted, tried and punished in any county or place in the Rhodesia and Nyasaland, as if the offence had been committed in that county or place, and for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment of the offence it shall be deemed to have been committed in that county or place:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing the trial of any person by court martial in any place in which he could apart from this subsection be so tried.

I.Penalty for purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition without certificate
(1). Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall purchase, acquire or have in his possession any firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies unless he holds a firearm certificate in force at the time.
(2)If any person—
(a)purchases acquires or has in his possession any firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies without holding a firearm certificate in force at the time, or otherwise than as authorised by such a certificate, or, in the case of ammunition, in quantities in excess of those so authorised; or
(b)fails to comply with any condition subject to which a firearm certificate is held by him; he shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, for each offence be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.
II. Grant, renewal, variation, and revocation of certificates
(1)An application for the grant of a certificate under this section shall be made in the prescribed form to the chief officer of police for the area in which the applicant resides and shall state such particulars as may be required by the said form.
(2)The certificate shall be granted by the chief officer of police if he is satisfied that the applicant has a good reason for purchasing, acquiring, or having in his possession the firearm or ammunition in respect of which the application is made, and can be permitted to have in his possession that firearm or ammunition without danger to the public safety or to the peace:Provided that a certificate shall not be granted to a person whom the chief officer of police has reason to believe to be prohibited by this Act from possessing a firearm to which this Part of this Act applies, or to be of intemperate habits or unsound mind, or to be for any reason unfitted to be entrusted with such a firearm.
(3)A certificate granted under this section shall be in the prescribed form and shall specify the conditions (if any) subject to which it is held, the nature and number of the firearms to which it relates, and, as respects ammunition, the quantities authorised to be purchased and to be held at any one time thereunder.
(4)A firearm certificate shall, unless previously revoked or cancelled, continue in force for three years from the date when it was granted or last renewed, but shall be renewable for a further period of three years by the chief officer of police for the area in which the holder resides, and so from time to time, and the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply to the renewal of a certificate as they apply to the grant of a certificate:Provided that, subject to the power of renewal conferred by this subsection, a certificate granted or last renewed in Northern Ireland shall not continue in force for a period longer than that for which it was so granted or last renewed.
(5)The chief officer of police for the area in which the holder of a firearm certificate resides may at any time by notice in writing vary the conditions subject to which the certificate is held, except such of them as may be prescribed, and may by the notice require the holder to deliver up the certificate to him within twenty-one days from the date of the notice for the purpose of amending the conditions specified therein.
(6)A firearm certificate may also, on the application of the holder thereof, be varied from time to time by the chief officer of police for the area in which the holder for the time resides.
(7)A firearm certificate may be revoked by the chief officer of police for the area in which the holder resides if—
(a)the chief officer is satisfied that the holder is prohibited by this Act from possessing a firearm to which this Part of this Act applies, or is of intemperate habits or unsound mind, or is otherwise unfitted to be entrusted with such a firearm; or
(b)the holder fails to comply with a notice under subsection (5) of this section requiring him to deliver up the certificate.
(8)Any person aggrieved by a refusal of a chief officer of police to grant him a certificate under this section or to vary or renew a firearm certificate, or by the revocation of a firearm certificate under paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection, may appeal—
(a)in Rhodesia, in accordance with so much of the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act as relates to appeals, to the court of quarter sessions having jurisdiction in the county, borough or place in which he resides; or
(b)in Nyasaland, in accordance with Act of Sederunt, to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction he resides.
(9)In any case where a firearm certificate is revoked by a chief officer of police, he shall by notice in writing require the holder to surrender the certificate, and if the holder fails to do so within twenty-one days from the date of the notice, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds:Provided that, where an appeal is brought against the revocation, this subsection shall not apply to that revocation unless the appeal is abandoned or dismissed, and shall, in that case, have effect as if for the reference to the date of the notice there were substituted a reference to the date on which the appeal was abandoned or dismissed.
(10)If any person makes any statement which he knows to be false for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a certificate under this section, or the variation, or renewal of a firearm certificate, he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine.
III. Fees in respect of certificates
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section and of section five of this Act, there shall be payable—
(a)on the grant of a firearm certificate (in this section referred to as a " certificate") a fee of five shillings; and
(b)on the renewal of a certificate, or on any variation of a certificate which increases the number of firearms to which the certificate relates, or on the replacement of a certificate which has been lost or destroyed, a fee of two shillings and sixpence:Provided that, where a certificate is varied as aforesaid and renewed or replaced at the same time, no fee shall be payable on the variation.
(2)No fee shall be payable on the grant, to any responsible officer of a rifle club, miniature rifle club or cadet corps approved for the purpose by a Secretary of State, of a certificate in respect of firearms or ammunition to be used solely for target practice or drill by the members of the club or corps, or on the variation or renewal of a certificate so granted.
(3)No fee shall be payable on the grant, variation or renewal of a certificate if the chief officer of police is satisfied that the certificate relates solely to and, in the case of a variation, will continue when varied to relate solely to—
(a)a firearm or ammunition which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of a ship; or
(b)a signalling apparatus, or ammunition therefor, which the applicant requires as part of the equipment of an aircraft or aerodrome; or
(c)a slaughtering instrument, or ammunition therefor, which the applicant requires for the purpose of the slaughter of animals.
(4)No fee shall be payable—
(a)on the grant or renewal of a certificate relating solely to a firearm which is shown to the satisfaction of the chief officer of police to be kept by the applicant as a trophy of a war; or
(b)on any variation of a certificate the sole effect of which is to add such a firearm as aforesaid to the firearms to which the certificate relates;if the certificate is granted, renewed or varied subject to the condition that the applicant shall not use the firearm.
IV. Exemptions from holding a certificate
(1)The following provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything in section one of this Act.
(2)A person carrying on the business of a firearms dealer and registered as such, or a servant of such a person, may, without holding a firearm certificate (in this section referred to as a " certificate ") purchase, acquire or have in his possession a firearm or ammunition in the ordinary course of that business.
(3)A person carrying on the business of an auctioneer, carrier or warehouseman, or a servant of such a person, may, without holding a certificate, have in his possession a firearm or ammunition in the ordinary course of that business.
(4)A person licensed under section three of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, may, without holding a certificate, have in his possession a slaughtering instrument and ammunition therefor in any slaughter house or knacker's yard in which he is employed.
(5)The proprietor of a slaughter house or knacker's yard or a person appointed by him to take charge of slaughtering instruments and ammunition therefor for the purpose of storing them in safe custody at that slaughter house or knacker's yard may, without holding a certificate, have in his possession a slaughtering instrument or ammunition therefor for that purpose.
(6)Any person may, without holding a certificate,
(a)have in his possession a firearm or ammunition on board a ship, or a signalling apparatus or ammunition therefor on board an aircraft or at an aerodrome, as part of the equipment of the ship, aircraft or aerodrome; and
(b)remove a signalling apparatus or ammunition therefor, being part of the equipment of an aircraft, from one aircraft to another at an aerodrome, or from or to an aircraft at an aerodrome to or from a place appointed for the storage thereof in safe custody at that aerodrome, and keep any such apparatus or ammunition at such a place; and
(c)if he has obtained from an officer of police a permit for the purpose in the prescribed form, remove a firearm from or to a ship, or a signalling apparatus from or to an aircraft or aerodrome, to or from such place and for such purpose as may be specified in the permit.
(7)A person carrying a firearm or ammunition belonging to another person holding a certificate may, without himself holding a certificate, have in his possession that firearm or ammunition under instructions from and for the use of that other person for sporting purposes only.
(8)A member of a rifle club or miniature rifle club or cadet corps approved by a Secretary of State may, without holding a certificate, have in his possession a firearm and ammunition when engaged as such a member in, or in connection with, drill or target practice.
(9)A person conducting or carrying on a miniature rifle range (whether for a rifle club or otherwise) or shooting gallery at which no firearms are used other than miniature rifles not exceeding .23 calibre may, without-holding a certificate, purchase, acquire or have in his possession such miniature rifles and ammunition suitable therefor; and any person may, without holding a certificate, use any such rifle and ammunition at such a range or gallery.
(10)A person taking part in a theatrical performance or any rehearsal thereof, or in the production of a cinematograph film, may, without holding a certificate, have a firearm in his possession during and for the purpose of the performance, rehearsal or production.
(11)Any person may, without holding a certificate, have a firearm in his possession at an athletic meeting for the purpose of starting races at that meeting.
(12)A person who has obtained from the chief officer of police for the area in which he resides a permit for the purpose in the prescribed form may, without holding a certificate, have in his possession a firearm and ammunition in accordance with the terms of the permit.
(13)If any person makes any statement which he knows to be false for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a permit under this section, he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or to both such imprisonment and fine.
V.Application of foregoing provisions to Crown servants
Notwithstanding any rule of law whereunder the provisions of this Act do not bind the Crown, so much of the foregoing provisions of this Act as relates to the purchase and acquisition, but not so much thereof as relates to the possession, of firearms and ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies shall apply to persons in the service of His Majesty in their capacity as such, subject however to the following modifications :—
(a)a person in the service of His Majesty duly authorised in writing in that behalf may purchase or acquire such firearms and ammunition for the public service without holding a firearm certificate;
(b)a person in the military or air service of His Majesty shall, if he satisfies the chief officer of police on an application under section two of this Act that he is required to purchase or acquire such a firearm or ammunition for his own use in his capacity as such, be entitled without payment of any fee to the grant of a firearm certificate authorising the purchase or acquisition.
Production of certificates
(1)Any constable may demand from any person, whom he believes to be in possession of a firearm or ammunition to which this Part of this Act applies, the production of his firearm certificate.
(2)If any person upon whom a demand is so made fails to produce the certificate, or to permit the constable to read the certificate, or to show that he is entitled by virtue of this Act to have the firearm or ammunition in his possession without holding a firearm certificate, the constable may seize and detain the firearm or ammunition, and may require that person to declare to him immediately his name and address.
(3)If any person refuses so to declare his name and address, or fails to give his true name and address, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and the constable may apprehend without warrant any person who refuses so to declare his name or address, or whom he suspects of giving a false name or address, or of intending to abscond.

Franchises
I. Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one years of age; who has resided in Rhodesia the whole of their lives, owns property or is a tenant is liable to vote in any elections and is, therefore, a citizen.

II. Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one years of age, but has not resided in the country all his life, can apply for a voting licence providing that:
(a). They own property or are a tenant of a property;
(b). They can pass an aptitude test.
Furthermore, if a person resides in Rhodesia for more than 25 years they shall gain automatic citizenship.

franchises regarding offices
I. Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one; has resided in Rhodesia their entire lives and owns property may, upon joining a political party, stand for a parliamentary office.

II. Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one, but has not resided in Rhodesia their entire lives, may only stand for office if, like in section 1 subsection 2, they can complete a mental health examination and an aptitude test.

On rights
I. Any person, regardless of how long they have resided in Rhodesia, are guaranteed certain inalienable rights, those said rights being:
(1). The right to abide and work;
(2). The right to practice their chosen faith regardless of others' feelings. Notwithstanding that those feelings would cause harm;
(3). The right to learn
(4). The right to a fair trial;
(5). And the right to happiness.

II. Further rights shall be placed into the Constitution or have already been ensured, all persons are guaranteed the rights as mandated by international law. Furthermore, it shall be the duty of His Majesty's Government to protect those rights.