making the Ship liable to forfeiture when not furnished with Counternation papers subjecting the Owner and Master to penalties when the regulations of the Act have not been complied with.
It is necessary therefore to consider the Instructions which should be given to Commanders of Her Majesty's Ships for the execution of this Act.
The Act contemplates the intervention of an officer of Her Majesty's Ships (1) in the case of a "Distressed Passenger" being within British jurisdiction, and (2) in the case of a Ship being a British Ship met with Loss at Sea.
In the first case the Ship might be British or Foreign but if Foreign it would be necessary, being her within the operation...
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