MAIL SHIPS.
3.-MAIL SHIPS ACT, 1891.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 31:-
AN ACT to enable Her Majesty in Council to carry into effect Conventions which may be made with Foreign Countries respecting ships engaged in postal service.
[21st July, 1891.]
1.-(1) Where Her Majesty the Queen has made a convention with a foreign State respecting the postal service between such foreign State and the United Kingdom, or respecting the privileges of mail ships, that is to say, ships engaged in any postal service of such foreign State or of any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to order that this Act shall, and this Act shall accordingly, subject to any conditions, exceptions, and qualifications contained in the Order, apply, during the continuance of the Order, as regards such convention and foreign State, and the postal service and mail ships described in the convention; and where by virtue of any such Order this Act or any section thereof applies as regards any convention, foreign State, postal service, or mail ship, the same is in this Act referred to as a convention, foreign State, postal service, or mail ship to which this Act or section applies.
(2) The Order shall recite or embody the terms of the convention, and may be varied or revoked by Order in Council, but shall not continue in force for any longer period than the convention.
(3) Every Order in Council under this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament forthwith after it is made, or, if Parliament be not then sitting, after the then next meeting of Parliament, and shall also be notified in the London Gazette and published under the authority of Her Majesty's stationery office.
2. (1) Where this section applies to a convention with a foreign State, the master of a British mail ship to which this section applies when carrying mails to or from any port of the foreign State, and the master of a mail ship of the foreign State to which this section applies when carrying mails to or from any port of the United Kingdom, shall not, nor shall any person on board the ship, whether a passenger or belonging to the ship or any other person, convey in the ship for delivery to another person in the foreign State or United Kingdom, as the case may be, any letter, other than the letters contained in mail bags entrusted to the master by a postal officer of the United Kingdom or of any foreign State, or than the despatches sent by the Government either of the United Kingdom or of any foreign State.
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MAIL SHIPS.
3.-MAIL SHIPS ACT, 1891.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 31:-
AN ACT to enable Her Majesty in Council to carry into effect Con- ventions which may be made with Foreign Countries respecting
[21st July, 1891.]
ships engaged in postal service.
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1.-(1) Where Her Majesty the Queen has made a convention with a Application foreign State respecting the postal service between such foreign State and the United Kingdom, or respecting the privileges of mail ships, that Council. is to say, ships engaged in any postal service of such foreign State or of any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to order that this Act shall, and this Act shall accordingly, subject to any conditions, exceptions, and qualifications contained in the Order, apply, during the continuance of the Order, as regards such con- vention and foreign State, and the postal service and mail ships described in the convention; and where by virtue of any such Order this Act or any section thereof applies as regards any convention, foreign State, postal service, or mail ship, the same is in this Act referred to as a con- vention, foreign State, postal service, or mail ship to which this Act or section applies.
(2) The Order shall recite or embody the terms of the convention, and may be varied or revoked by Order in Council, but shall not continue in force for any longer period than the convention.
(3) Every Order in Council under this Act shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament forthwith after it is made, or, if Parliament be not then sitting, after the then next meeting of Parliament, and shall also be notified in the London Gazette and published under the authority of Her Majesty's stationery office.
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when carrying mails to or from any port of the United Kingdom, shall not, nor shall any person on board the ship, whether a passenger or be- longing to the ship or any other person, convey in the ship for delivery to another person in the foreign State or United Kingdom, as the case may be, any letter, other than the letters contained in mail bags entrusted to the master by a postal officer of the United Kingdom or of any foreign State, or than the despatches sent by the Government either of the United Kingdom or of any foreign State.
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