[F127 Prize offences by commanding officers.F2U.K.
(1)Any person subject to air-force law who, being in command of any of Her Majesty’s ships or aircraft—
(a)having taken any ship or aircraft as prize, fails to send to the High Court, or to some other prize court having jurisdiction in the case, all the ship papers or aircraft papers, as the case may be, found on board, or
(b)unlawfully makes any agreement for the ransoming of any ship, aircraft or goods taken as prize, or
(c)in pursuance of any such agreement as aforesaid, or otherwise by collusion, restores or abandons any ship, aircraft or goods taken as prize,
shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or any less punishment provided by this Act.
(2)In this section “prize court” means a prize court within the meaning of the M1Naval Prize Act 1864, and “ship papers” and “aircraft papers” have the same meanings as in that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 27, 28 inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), ss. 3(1)(2), 78(4)
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2