Commencement.
Commencement of Act.
56. This Act shall commence on the Commencement of The Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864.
APPENDIX XI THE PRIZE COURTS ACTS, 1894 57 & 58 VICT., CHAPTER 39
An Act to make further provision for the establishment of Prize Courts, and for other purposes connected therewith.
[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.
1. This Act may be cited as the Prize Courts Act, 1894.
Constitution of Prize Courts in British Possessions.
2.—(1) Any commission, warrant, or instructions from Her Majesty 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 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.