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NAVAL PRIZE (PROCEDURE) ACT 1916

NAVAL PRIZE (PROCEDURE) ACT 1916 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Law as to the Jurisdiction of Prize Courts in
the case of proceedings against persons in His Majesty's Naval
Service or in the employment of the Admiralty, and as to the
transfer of Proceedings in Prize.
[2nd March 1916]
S.1 rep. by SLR 1927

NAVAL PRIZE (PROCEDURE) ACT 1916 - SECT 2
Extension of powers to transfer proceedings in Prize Courts.

2. Section one of the Prize Courts Act, 1915 (which relates to the
transfer of proceedings against a ship or cargo from one prize
court to another), shall be extended so as to apply, with the
necessary modifications, to all proceedings pending at any time in a
prize court, whether or not the proceedings are against any ship or
cargo:

Provided that where the proceedings are against a person in the
service of His Majesty, or of the Government of any part of His
Majesty's Dominions, or of any Government department, the court shall
(except in the case of proceedings in the High Court of Justice in
England) on the application of the proper officer of the Crown,
make an order transferring the proceedings to another prize court,
and the said section one, as amended by this section, shall have
effect accordingly.

NAVAL PRIZE (PROCEDURE) ACT 1916 - SECT 3
Short title.

3. This Act may be cited as the Naval Prize (Procedure) Act, 1916,
and the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1915, and this Act may be cited
together as the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1916.