The Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971

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The Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971

THE NAVAL AND AIRCRAFT PRIZE ACT, 1971 ACT NO. 59 OF 1971

[16th December, 1971.]

An Act to provide for the establishment and procedure of Prize Courts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

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Short title.

1. Short title. This Act may be called the Naval and Aircraft Prize Act, 1971.

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Definitions.

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "aircraft" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (ii) of section 4 of the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950.);

(b) "aircraft papers" includes all books, passes, charter parties, bills of lading, customs receipts, manifests, cer-

tificates, licences, lists, tickets, notes, letters and other documents and writings delivered up or found on board a captured aircraft ;

(c) "Armed Forces" means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them and includes any other armed force in the service of, or employed...

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