respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the principal Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Island of Guernsey or Jersey, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs of any Port in the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, and Territories to His Majesty belonging in Asia, Africa, and America, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of such Colonies, Plantations, Islands, and Territories respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered ; AND the Collector of Duties at any Port in the Territories under the Government of the East India Company, and other Territories belonging to His Majesty within the Limits of the Charter of the said Company, payable to the said Company, or any other Person of the Rank in the said Company's Service of Senior Merchant, or of Six Years standing in the said Service, being respectively appointed to act in the Execution of this Act by any of the Governments of the said Company in India, in any Ports in which there shall be no Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; - AND the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland, and Cape of Good Hope respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered: PROVIDED always, that no Ship or Vessel shall be retered at Malta, gistered at Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland, except such as are wholly of the Built of those Places respectively,and such Ships or Vessels shall not be registered elsewhere; Provision as to Gibraltar, or and that such Ships or Vessels so registered shall not be entitled to the Privileges and Advantages of British Ships in any Trade between the said United Kingdom and any of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Certain Powers America to His Majesty belonging: -PROVIDED of Collectors and Comptrollers, by whom to be exercised in certain Cases. also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter, or Thing shall and may be done or performed by, to, or with any Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the principal Officers of Customs in the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, together Iwith the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, cr Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, — AND also by, to, or with such Collector or other Person in India in the Service of the East India Company as aforesaid, AND done by Two Commissioners also by, to, or with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland, or Cape of Good Hope, and according and according as the same Act, Matter, or Thing is to be done or performed at the said several and respective Places, and within the Jurisdiction of the said several Persons respectively: -- - PROVIDED Acts may be also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter, or Thing shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the said Commissioners, or any Two or more of them, in England, Ireland, or Scotland respectively,—AND also by, to, or with the Governor (1), Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of any Place where any Ship or Vessel may be registered under the Authority of this Act, so far as such Act, Matter, or Thing can be applicable to the registering of any Ship or Vessel at such Place. of Customs in England, Ireland, and ScotGovernors, &c. where Vessels may be regis land, and by tered. SHIPS PRIVILEGED. Ships exercising Privileges bebe forfeited; fore Registry to IV. AND be it further enacted, That in case any Ship or Vessel, not being duly registered, and not having obtained such Certificate of Registry as aforesaid, shall exercise any of the Privileges of a British Ship (2), the same shall be subject to Forfeiture, and also all the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel to the same Ship or Vessel belonging, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Customs: PROVIDED always, that nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to extend to affect the Privileges of any Ship or Vessel which shall have been registered by virtue of any Act or Acts which was or were in force for the Registry of British Ships and granting Certificates thereof novo. prior to the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three (3), or by virtue of any Act or Acts which was or were in force at the Time of the but not to affect Vessels already registered, till required to be registered de (1) See Power of Governors to stay Proceedings, § 48. (2) The general Privileges are laid down in the Act of Navigation, Cap. 109. Particular Privileges will be found in various Acts. (3) From that Day the Act 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 41. repealed former Acts, and this Provision is to continue to preserve Rights under them which were pre What Ships are entitled to be registered. Foreign Repairs not to exceed 20s. per Ton. The Master, on port such Re- 6o GEO. 4. Commencement of this Act, -until (1) such Time or Times as such Ships or Vessels shall be required by this Act to be registered de novo under the Regulations thereof. V. And be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall be registered, - or having been registered, shall be deemed to be duly registered by virtue of this Act, except such as are wholly of the Built (2) of the said United Kingdom, or of the Isle of Man, or of the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, or of some of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Asia, Africa, or America, or of Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland (3), which belong to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, at the Time of the Building of such Ships or Vessels, OR such Ships or Vessels as shall have been condemned in any Court of Admiralty as Prize of War (4), OR such Ships or Vessels as shall have been condemned in any competent Court as forfeited for the Breach of the Laws made for the Prevention of the Slave Trade (5), and which shall wholly belong- and continue wholly to belong to His Majesty's Subjects, duly entitled to be Owners (6) of Ships or Vessels registered by virtue of this Act. SHIPS DISQUALIFIED, VI. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall continue to enjoy the Privileges of a British Ship after the same shall have been repaired in a Foreign Country, if such Repairs shall exceed the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of the Burthen of the said Ship or Vessel,unless such Repairs shall have been necessary by reason of extraordinary Damage sustained by such Ship or Vessel during her Absence from His Majesty's Dominions, to enable her-to perform the Voyage in which she shall have been engaged, and to return to some Port or Place of the said Dominions: AND whenever any Ship or Vessel which has been so repaired in a Foreign Country shall (1) The Time allowed for Registry de novo under the Act 4 Geo. 4. Cap.41. is the 1st January 1826. The Time under this Act is its Commencement, viz. 5th January 1826, see § 1; and for further Time allowed in certain Cases, see § 35. (2) See Certificate of Builder, § 25. (3) See Limitation of Privileges of Ships built at Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland, § 3. (4) See § 29. (5) See § 29. (6) See § 13. See also Sale of any Part to a Foreigner, Condition of Bond, § 21. arrive at any Port in His Majesty's Dominions as a British Necessity of such Repairs to be proved to Commissioners of Customs. Workmen, Owners of Ves pairs. VII. AND whereas it has recently happened that the By reason of Owners of British Ships have been unable to effect the Combination of necessary Repairs to their Vessels in British Ports, by Power given to reason of Combinations of Workmen: And whereas it is Privy Council expedient to make Provisions for Relief of the Ship Owners to permit in such Cases, in order that the Voyages of British Ships sels to proceed may not be frustrated by such Means, to the great Detri- to Foreign ment of the Commerce and Navigation of the Empire; Ports for ReBE it therefore enacted, That for Two Years from and after the passing of this Act, when and as often as it appear expedient to the Lords and others of His Majesty's Privy Council, it shall be lawful for them, or any Three or more of them, to make and issue their Order in behalf of the Master or Owners of any such Ship, permitting the same to proceed to some Foreign Port or Ports, to be named in such Order, and there to be repaired to such Extent as shall be necessary for the Voyage in which such Ship is engaged. shall 4 Power also Council to per- proceed on their less Number of British Seamen than is required by Law. Ships declared be deemed Ships up. VIII. AND whereas by the Law of Navigation (1) British Ships cannot proceed to Sea unless they be navigated by a Crew of which Three-fourths at least are British Seamen, and it has recently happened that the Owners of British Ships have been unable to procure proper Crews for their Ships, by reason of Combinations of Seamen; BE it therefore enacted, That for Two Years from and after the passing of this Act, when and as often as it shall appear expedient to the Lords and others of His Majesty's Privy Council, it shall be lawful for them, or any Three or more of them, to make and issue their Order in behalf of the Master or Owners of any such Ship, permitting such Ship to proceed upon her Voyage with a less Number of British Seamen than is required by the Law of Navigation; AND every Ship or Vessel which shall be navigated with the Number of British Seamen required in such Order shall be deemed to be duly navigated; any thing in the Law of Navigation to the contrary notwithstanding. IX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Ship or unseaworthy, to Vessel registered under the Authority of this or any other Act, shall be deemed or declared to be stranded or unseaworthy, and incapable of being recovered or repaired to the Advantage of the Owners thereof, and shall for such Reasons be sold by Order or Decree of any competent Court for the Benefit of the Owners of such Ship or Vessel, or other Persons interested therein, — the same shall be taken and deemed to be a Ship or Vessel lost or broken up (2) to all Intents and Purposes within the Meaning of this Act, and shall never again be entitled to the Privileges of a British-built Ship for any Purposes of Trade or Navigation. British Ships captured not to be again entitled to Registry; but Ships con X. AND be it further enacted, That no British Ship or Vessel, which has been or shall hereafter be captured by and become Prize to an Enemy or sold to Foreigners (3), shall again be entitled to the Privileges of a British (1) See Cap. 109. § 12. (2) See Bond for delivering up Certificate, § 21. See also Compulsion upon all Persons to deliver up Certificate in like Cases, § 23. (3) See § 5. See Right of Foreigners to navigate British-built Ships as Ships of their Country, Cap.109. § 15. See Bond for delivering up Regis ter, § 21. |