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THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS.

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COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE SECTION HAS BEEN APPLIED.

Austria-Hungary

Belgium

Denmark.....

Germany.

Italy

Norway

Sweden

United States

17th Oct., 1884

23rd July, 1889 15th Sept., 1887

30th Nov., 1882

2nd March, 1881 25th Oct., 1881

25th Oct., 1881

22nd May, 1883

Going on board with- out leave.

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Apprehension of Deserters from Foreign Ships.

M. S. Act, 1894, s. 238.-

[Deserters from the countries in the list given below are arrested in Hongkong under Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, s. 9 (1) (b).]

ships.

238.-(1) Where it appears to Her Majesty that Deserters due facilities are or will be given by the Government from foreign of any foreign country for recovering and apprehend- ing seamen who desert from British merchant ships in that country, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that this section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limita- tions, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order.

(2) Where this section applies in the case of any foreign country, and a seaman or apprentice, not be- ing a slave, deserts when within any of Her Majesty's dominious from a merchant ship belonging to a sub- ject of that country, any Court, Justice, or officer that would have had cognizance of the matter if the sea- man or apprentice had deserted from a British ship shall, on the application of a consular officer of the foreign country, aid in apprehending the deserter, and for that purpose may, on' information given on oath, issue a warrant for his apprehension, and, on proof of the desertion, order him to be conveyed on board his ship or delivered to the master or mate of his ship, or to the owner of the ship or his agent, to be so conveyed; and any such warrant or order may be executed accordingly.