Prize Act 1939

4 Extent of this Act and existing Prize Acts.U.K.

(1)This Act extends to the following countries and territories, that is to say,—

(a)The United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man,

(b)the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand,

(c)British India . . . F1,

(d)Newfoundland and every colony,

(e)every British protectorate, and

(f)every 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, in the Commonwealth of Australia or in the Dominion of New Zealand,

and (to the extent of His Majesty’s jurisdiction therein in matters of prize) to every other country or territory in which for the time being His Majesty has such jurisdiction.

(2)The enactments relating to prize, as amended by this Act, shall extend to the countries and territories mentioned in paragraphs (e) and (f) of the preceding subsection, and (to the extent of His Majesty’s jurisdiction therein in matters of prize) to every other country or territory in which for the time being His Majesty has such jurisdiction.

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