Section 8 of the Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971 – Procedure on capture of prize

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Section 8: Procedure on capture of prize

  • (1) Every ship and every aircraft taken as prize and brought into port or to a place within the jurisdiction of a Prize Court shall forthwith and without bulk broken, be delivered to the Marshal of the Court.
  • (2) If there is no such Marshal then the ship or aircraft shall be in like manner delivered to such person as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf.
  • (3) The ship or aircraft shall, subject to the orders of the Court, remain in the custody of the Marshal, or the person appointed under sub-section (2).

Source: official text of The Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971.

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