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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939.

(b) all other ships being ships-

(i) which are registered in, or licensed under the law of, any colony or British protectorate or 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, or

(ii) which, in pursuance of an Order in Council under section eighty-eight of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, are registered at any port within which His Majesty exercises jurisdiction in accordance with the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 53 & 54 Vict.

1890.

(2) The aircraft to which this Act applies are--

(a) all aircraft registered--

(i) in the United Kingdom,

(ii) in any of the Channel Islands or in the Isle of Man,

(iii) in Newfoundland or in any colony,

(iv) in any British protectorate, or

(v) in 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

(b) all other aircraft being aircraft which are within any of the countries and territories referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-section, and have at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) been registered in any of the said countries and territories, and are not for the time being either registered-

(i) in a Dominion, or

(ii) in any territory administered by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion, or

(iii) in India, Burma or Southern Rhodesia,

or registered in a register of any foreign State.

The reference in paragraph (a) of this sub-section to any colony shall be construed as a reference to any colony except Southern Rhodesia or a colony administered by His Majesty's Government in a Dominion.

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tions.

5. Where a person convicted of an offence under this offences by Act is a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the corpora- commission of the offence, was a director or an officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

6.-(1) Any person guilty of an offence under this Act Penalties shall be liable-

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or to both such imprisonment and a fine, or

(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to both such imprisonment and such fine.

and legal

proceedings.

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