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THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 4TH SEPT.. 1884. 733
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in any other court; and the Court of Admiralty shall, in addition to any power given to the this Act, have in respect of any ship or other matter brought before it in pursuance of this powers which it has in the case of a ship or matter brought before it in the exercise of its
jurisdiction.
Where any offence against this Act has been committed by any person by reason whereof a ship and equipment, or arms and munitions of war, has or have become liable to forfeiture, may be instituted contemporaneously or not, as may be thought fit, against the offender t having jurisdiction of the offence, and against the ship, or ship and equipment, or arms itions of war, for the forfeiture in the Court of Admiralty; but it shall not be necessary to lings against the offender, because proceedings are instituted for the forfeiture, or to take ngs for the forfeiture because proceedings are taken against the offender.
21. The following officers, that is to say-
(1.) Any officer of customs in the United Kingdom, subject nevertheless to any special or general instructions from the Commissisouers of Customs or any officer of the Board of Trade, subject nevertheless to any special or general instructions from the Board of Trade;
(2.) Any officer of customs or public officer in any British posession, subject nevertheless
to any special or general instructions from the governor of such possession ; (3.) Any commissioned officer on full pay in the military service of the Crown, subject.
nevertheless to any special or general instructions from his commanding officer; (4.) Any commissioned officer on full pay in the naval service of the Crown, subject never- theless to any special or general instructions from the Admiralty or his superior officer, ize or detain any ship liable to be seized or detained in pursuance of this Act, and such officers are his Act referred to as the "local authority;" but nothing in this Act contained shall derogate from power of the Court of Admiralty to direct any ship to be seized or detained by any officer by whom art may have power under its ordinary jurisdiction to direct a ship to be seized or detained. 22. Any officer authorized to seize or detain any ship in respect of any offence against this Act may. purpose of enforcing such seizure or detention, call to his aid any constable or officers of police, ollers of Her Majesty's army or navy or marines, or any excise officers or officers of customs, barbour-master or dock-master, or any officers having authority by law to make seizures of ships, put on board any ship so seized or detained any one or more of such officers to take charge of and to enforce the provisions of this Act, and any officer seizing or detaining any ship under ay use force, if necessary, for the purpose of enforcing seizure or detention, and if any person i or maimed by reason of his resisting such officer in the execution of his duties, or any person eler his orders, such officer so seizing or detaining the ship, or other person, shall be freely banitied as well against the Queen's Majesty, her heirs and successors, as against all Ald, maimed, or hurt.
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If the Secretary of State or the chief executive authority satisfied that there is a reasonable and for believing that a ship within Her Majesty's dominions has been or is being built, com- 1. er equipped contrary to this Act, and is about to be taken beyond the limits of such domi- that a ship is about to be despatched contrary to this Act, such Secretary of State or chief authority shall have power to issue a warrant stating that there is reasonable and probable living as aforesaid, and upon such warrant the local authority shall have power to seize ch such ship and to detain the same until it has been either condemned or released by process rin manner hereinafter mentioned.
owner of the ship so detained, or his agent, may apply to the Court of Admiralty for its and the court shall as soon as possible put the matter of such seizure and detention in course of ween the applicant and the Crown.
the applicant establish to the satisfaction of the court that the ship was not and is not being missioned, or equipped, or intended to be despatched contrary to this Act, the ship shall be And restored.
applicant fail to establish to the satisfaction of the court that the ship was not and is not commissioned, or equipped, or intended to be despatched contrary to this Act, then the ship detained till released by order of the Secretary of State or chief executive authority.
Cert may, in cases where no proceedings are pending for its condemnation, release any ship under this section on the owner giving security to the satisfaction of the court that the ship the employed contrary to this Act, notwithstanding that the applicant may have failed to to the satisfaction of the court that the ship was not and is not being built, commissioned, or to be despatched contrary to this Act. The Secretary of State or the chief executive authority se release any ship detained under this section on the owner giving security to the satisfaction retary of State or chief executive authority that the ship shall not be employed contrary to y release the ship without such security if the Secretary of State or chief executive
think fit so to release the same.