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in the event of
Actual invasion
predatory attack or
hostile
or
Imminent
"danger thereof", the Officers and
Crews
are
to be subject to the
laws and Customs of the Royal
Navy
and the Governor may
place them under the Queen's
Officer Commanding
on
the Station.
That with reference
to this section, we were
pleased to
request
that we would
consider whether there
might not
be difficulty when it is to
be considered
whether it might
take effect and
whether this
might not have been avoided
by requiring it to be
announced
by a Proclamation.
We were also
pleased to request
that we would consider the effect of
the Act on vessels proceeding beyond the limits of the Colony;
whether, while so employed,
or on their return, the Officers and Crews, being guilty of any neglect or violation of duty, would be liable to punishment on their return to the Colony?
That on this point we
refer
to an
Opinion given
by the then Law Advisers of the
Crown on a
South Australian
Act inflicting penalties on
Certain