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Provisions as to
colonies, etc.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1939.
craft, or specifically authorize the doing of anything in relation to ships, vessels or aircraft, apply to all ships, vessels or aircraft in or over the United Kingdom and to all British ships or aircraft, not being Dominion ships or aircraft, wherever they may be; and
(b) in so far as they impose prohibitions, restrictions or obligations on persons, apply (subject to the preceding pro- visions of this sub-section) to all persons in the United King- dom and all persons on board any British ship or aircraft, not being a Dominion ship or aircraft, and to all other persons being British subjects except persons in any of the following countries or territories, that is to say--
(i) a Dominion,
(ii) India, Burma and Southern Rhodesia,
(iii) any country or territory to which any provisions of this Act can be extended by Order in Council, and
(iv) any other country or territory, being a country or territory under His Majesty's protection or suzerainty :
Provided that Defence Regulations may make provision whereby the owner, manager or charterer of any British ship or aircraft, being a person resident in the United Kingdom or a corporation incorporated under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, is subjected to restrictions in respect of the employment of persons in any foreign country or territory in connexion with the management of the ship or aircraft.
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(2) In this section the expression "Dominion ship or aircraft means a British ship or aircraft registered in a Dominion, not being a ship or aircraft for the time being placed at the disposal of, or chartered by or on behalf of, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom; and, for the purposes of sub-section (1) of this section, any ship or aircraft registered in India, Burma or Southern Rhodesia, not being a ship or aircraft for the time being placed at the disposal of, or chartered by or on behalf of, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, shall be treated as if it were a Dominion ship or aircraft.
(3) Sub-section (1) of this section shall apply in relation. to British protected persons, as that sub-section applies in relation to British subjects.
4.-(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of this Act other than this section shall extend, with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the Order-
(a) to the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands, (b) to Newfoundland or any colony,
(e) to any British Protectorate,
(d) to any territory in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty, and is being exercised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and
(e) (to the extent of His Majesty's jurisdiction therein) to any other country or territory being a foreign country or territory in which for the time being His Majesty has juris- diction;
and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this section, such an Order in Council may direct that any such authority as may be specified