APPENDIX XII THE PRIZE COURTS ACT, 1894 57 & 58 VICT., CHAPTER 39 An Act to make further provision for the establishment of Prize [17th August 1894.] BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short Title. tion of Prize Courts in 1. This Act may be cited as the Prize Courts Act, 1894. 2.-(1.) Any commission, warrant, or instructions from Her ConstituMajesty the Queen or the Admiralty for the purpose of commissioning or regulating the procedure of a prize court at any place in a British possession may, notwithstanding the existence British of peace, be issued at any time, with a direction that the court shall act only upon such proclamation as herein-after mentioned being made in the possession. (2.) Where any such commission, warrant, or instructions have been issued, then, subject to instructions from Her Majesty, the Vice-Admiral of such possession may, when satisfied, by information from a Secretary of State or otherwise, that war has broken out between Her Majesty and any foreign State, proclaim that war has so broken out, and thereupon the said commission, warrant, and instructions shall take effect as if the same had been issued after the breaking out of such war and such foreign State were named therein. (3.) The said commission and warrant may authorise either a Vice-Admiralty Court or a Colonial Court of Admiralty, within Posses sions. the meaning of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, to 53 & 54 act as a prize court, and may establish a Vice-Admiralty Court Vict. c. 27. for that purpose. (4.) Any such commission, warrant, or instructions may be revoked or altered from time to time. Rules of and Fees in Prize Courts. 27 & 28 (5.) A court duly authorised to act as a prize court during any war shall after the conclusion of the war continue so to act in relation to, and finally dispose of, all matters and things which arose during the war, including all penalties and forfeitures incurred during the war. 3.—(1.) Her Majesty the Queen in Council may make rules Court for of court for regulating, subject to the provisions of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, and this Act, the procedure and practice of prize courts within the meaning of that Act, and the duties and conduct of the officers thereof, and of the practitioners therein, and for regulating the fees to be taken by the officers of the courts, and the costs, charges, and expenses to be allowed to the practitioners therein. Vict. c. 25. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 25. 53 & 54 Vict. c. 27. As to Vice-Admiralty Courts. Repeal of 39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 79, s. 25. (2.) Every rule so made shall, whenever made, take effect at the time therein mentioned, and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and shall be kept exhibited in a conspicuous place in each court to which it relates. (3.) This section shall be substituted for section thirteen of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, which section is hereby repealed. (4.) If any Colonial Court of Admiralty within the meaning of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, is authorised under this Act or otherwise to act as a prize court, all fees arising in respect of prize business transacted in the court shall be fixed, collected, and applied in like manner as the fees arising in respect of the Admiralty business of the court under the said Act. 4. Her Majesty the Queen in Council may make rules of court for regulating the procedure and practice, including fees and costs, in a Vice-Admiralty Court, whether under this Act or otherwise. 5. Section twenty-five of the Government of India Act, 1800, is hereby repealed. GENERAL INDEX This Index does not refer to points of the texts of Treaties, &c., ABANDONED river-beds, i. 286 flag of truce, ii. 233 Accession to treaties, i. 546 Accretion of territory: abandoned alluvions, i. 284 artificial formations, i. 284 conception of, i. 283 deltas, i. 285 different kinds of, i. 284 new-born islands, i. 285 Acosta, i. 90 Acquisition of territory, i. 263–269 by individuals and corporations, "Actaeon," case of, ii. 470 Acts of force initiative of war, ii. 104-106 "Adonis," case of, ii. 416, 419 Adhesion to treaties, i. 546 Administration of territory by a foreign Power, i. 221 Africa, notification of future occu preservation of wild animals in, Agent, consular, i. 467, 470 Agents lacking diplomatic or con- Alexander II. of Russia, and laws of assassination of, i. 398 Alexander VI., Pope, i. 301 Allegiance, oath of, on conclusion of Alliance, Holy, see Holy Alliance conception of, i. 569 Alluvion, i. 284 Alternat, the, i. 165 Amakouron, river, i. 228 Ambassadors, i. 424; see also Diplo. Ambulances, ii. 126 emblem of, ii. 127 Amelia Island, case of the, i. 180 André, Major, case of, ii. 161 Angary, right of: derivation, ii. 397 exercise of, ii. 472 Anglo-French Agreement, text of, "Ann," case of, ii. 97 "Ann Catherina," case of, ii. 97 Apocrisiarii, i. 416 "Apollo," case of, ii. 467 Arbitration: appointment of arbi- trator, ii. 16, 23 award, ii. 26 appeal against, ii. 27 binding force of, ii. 18, 26– 28 committee, ii. 17 competence of tribunal doubt- justice of, in general, ii. 21 permanent international court rule, legal, ii. 22 rules governing, ii. 24 treaty of, ii. 15, 23 obligations under, ii. 15, 22 stipulations of, ii. 17 umpire, ii. 16, 23 value of, ii. 20 Arbitrators, ii. 16, 23 Argentina, blockade of, ii. 44 Armistices: character, ii. 243 commencement, ii. 250 competence to conclude, ii. 246 general, ii. 244, 247 hostilities, cessation of, during, Bancroft treaties, i. 368 Barbarous forces, ii. 91 Barbeyrac, i. 83 Art, Union for the protection of Barima, river, i. 228 works of, i. 579 Artificial boundaries, i. 253 Artificial formation of territory, i. 284 Asgill, Captain, case of, ii. 261 "Askold," case of, ii. 373 Assault, ii. 154, 156 Asylum, see Neutral Asylum Asylum of criminals: in foreign hotels of diplomatic envoys, i. 442 men-of-war and other public "Atalanta," case of, ii. 452 quarter, duty of giving, ii. 190 Aube, Admiral, on naval warfare, ii. 219 "Augusta Victoria," case of, ii. 344 Aurora," case of, ii. 374 Austin, i. 4 |