Piracy Act 1850

III List or Return of all Cases to be sent to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

And be it enacted, That with a view to the Assignment of fitting Rewards for Services performed by Her Majesty's Forces against Pirates the Registrars of the several Vice Admiralty Courts shall, on the First Day of January and First Day of July in every Year, transmit to the said Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a List or Return of all Cases which shall have been adjudged in the said Courts respectively under this Act during the Six Months preceding, together with the Dates of the Seizure, according to the Schedule marked (A.) to this Act annexed; and that the Judges or Registrars of the said Courts respectively shall, upon the first convenient Opportunity after every such Decision, transmit the whole of the original Evidence, with a Statement of the Proceedings, to the said Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for the Purpose of the same being deposited in the High Court of Admiralty of England for Reference when necessary; and all Agents of Officers and Men receiving any Rewards hereinbefore referred to shall be subject to the same Laws, Rules, and Regulations to which Agents receiving Bounty for the Abolition of the Slave Trade are or may be subject.