+
c
Page 106
DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS TO Detaining OFFICERS.
Postal Correspondence.
21
48. The postal correspondence found on board a British, allied, neutral, or enemy ship must not be searched, and, if the ship is detained, the postal correspondence must be delivered to the Post Office to be forwarded to its destination.
This paragraph does not apply in the case of postal correspondence addressed to or emanating from a blockaded port on board a ship detained for breach of blockade
Definition of Neutral Ships, &c.
49. A “neutral ship" is a ship which is not a British, an allied, or an enemy ship, and a "neutral State" is a State which is not at war with His Majesty, or in alliance with His Majesty for the purposes of the war.
56
11
Neutral goods comprise all goods belonging to a neutral. The term "neutral" includes any person, whatever be his nationality, who resides and carries on business in neutral territory.
Definition of Contraband of War.
50. The term "contraband of war only includes articles having belligerent destination and purpose.
Such articles are classed under two heads-absolute contraband and conditional contraband.
51. Where contraband of war is found on board a vessel, any goods which belong to the owner of the contraband and are on board the same vessel are liable to condemnation.
Absolute Contraband.
52. Absolute contraband consists of the following articles as enumerated in the list contained in Article 22 of the Declaration of London, that is to say :-
(1.) Arms of all kinds, including arms for sporting purposes, and their distinctive
component parts;
(2.) Projectiles, charges, and cartridges of all kinds, and their distinctive
component parts;
(3.) Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war;
(4.) Gun-mounting, limber boxes, limbers, military waggons, field forges, and their
distinctive component parts;
(5.) Clothing and equipment of a distinctive military character;
(6.) All kinds of harness of a distinctively military character;
(7.) Saddle, draught, and pack animals suitable for use in war;
(8.) Articles of camp equipment and their distinctive component parts;
(9.) Armour plates;
(10.) War-ships, including boats and their distinctive component parts of such a
nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war;
(11.) Implements and apparatus designed exclusively for the manufacture of
munitions of war,
for the manufacture or repair of arms, or war material for
use on land or sea;
with such additions as may be notified by the Secretary of the Admiralty.
53. Articles of absolute contraband are liable to capture as contraband of war when destined to territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy, or to the fleets or armies of the enemy,
Proof of the destination is complete in the following cases:---
(a.) When the goods are documented for discharge in an enemy port, or for
delivery to the armed forces of the enemy.
(b.) When the vessel is to call at enemy ports only, or when she is to touch at an enemy port or meet the armed forces of the enemy before reaching the neutral port for which the goods in question are documented.
險
Page 106
Page 106
Page 106