Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal.

1854, to come hereby expressed to be intended to come into operation immeinto operation diately after the passing of this Act; and the following Acts immediately. that is to say, the Act of the Seventh Year of King George the

Mode of Pronal Cases.

Second, Chapter Fifteen, the Act of the Twenty-sixth Year of King George the Third, Chapter Eighty-six, and the Act of the Fifty-third Year of King George the Third, Chapter One hundred and fifty-nine, shall be considered as repealed immediately after the passing of this Act.

XV. All Criminal Proceedings under " The Seamen's Fund cedure Crimi- Winding-up Act, 1851," "The Pilotage Law Amendment Act, 1853, ""The Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act, 1853, or this Act, shall be carried on in the same Manner as similar Proceedings under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 ;" and all Rules of Law, Practice, and Evidence which are applicable to such last-mentioned Proceedings shall be applicable to Criminal Proceedings under this Act.

Penalty on

Masters of Ships leaving certain Sea

men in Distress in this Country.

XVI. If a Native of any Country in Asia, Africa, or of any of the Islands in the South Sea or the Pacific Ocean, or of any other Country not having any Consul in the United Kingdom, is brought to the United Kingdom in any Ship, British or Foreign, as a Seaman, and is left in the United Kingdom, and within Six Months of his being so left becomes chargeable upon the Poor Rate, or commits any Act by reason of the Committal whereof he is liable to be convicted as an idle and disorderly Person, or any other Act of Vagrancy, the Master or Owner of the said Ship, or in case of a Foreign Ship the Person who is Consignee of the Ship at the Time of the Seaman being so left as aforesaid, shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Thirty Pounds, unless he can show that the Person so left as aforesaid quitted the Ship without the Consent of the Master, or that due Means have been afforded by such Master, Owner, or Consignee, or One of them, to such Person, of returning to his Native Country, or to the Country in which he was shipped; and the Court inflicting such Penalty may order the whole or any Part of such Penalty to be applied towards the Relief or sending Home of such Person.

SCHEDULE

Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal.

SCHEDULE to which this Act refers.

ACTS and PARTS of ACT to be repealed.

Reference to Act.

8 Eliz. Cap. 13.

An Act touching Sea Marks and Mari-The whole Act, except
Section 5.

ners.

12 Anne, Stat. 2, An Act for the preserving all such So much as is not already Cap. 18.

4 Geo. 1, Cap. 12.

Ships and Goods thereof which shall
happen to be forced on shore or
stranded on the Coasts of this King-
dom or on any other of Her Majesty's
Dominions.

repealed.

An Act for enforcing and making per- So much as is not already petual an Act of the Twelith Year of repealed.

Her late Majesty, intituled "An Act

for the preserving all such Ships "and Goods thereof which shall hap

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pen to be forced on shore or "stranded upon the Coasts of this "Kingdom or any other of Her Majesty's Dominions;" ane for inflicting the Punishment of Death on such as shall wilfully burn or destroy Ships.

7 Geo. 2, Cap. 15. An Act to settle how far Owners of The whole Act.

Ships shall be answerable for the

Acts of the Masters or Mariners.

20 Geo. 2, Cap. 38. An Act for the Relief and Support of So much as is not already

maimed disabled Seamen, and the
Widows and Children of such as
shall be killed, slain, or drowned in
the Merchant Service.

epealed.

26 Geo. 2, Cap. 19. An Act for enforcing the Laws against So much as is not already

Persons who shall steal or detain
shipwrecked Goods, and for the Re-
lief of Persons suffering Losses
thereby.

rrepealed.

SCHEDULE Continued,

Reference to Act.

Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal.

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal.

26 Geo. 3, Cap. 86. An Act to explain and amend an Act The whole Act.

made in the Seventh Year of His
late Majesty's Reign, intituled, “ An]
"Act to settle how far Owners of!
66 Ships shall be answerable for the
"Acts of the Masters or Mariners;"!
and for giving a further Relief to
the Owners of Ships.

26 Geo. 3, Cap. 101. An Act for erecting certain Light-The whole Act.
houses in the Northern Parts of
Great Britain.

28 Geo. 3, Cap. 25. An Act to render more effectual an Act The whole Act. passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of

His present Majesty's Reign, in-
tituled, “An Act for erecting certain
Lighthouses in the Northern Parts
"of Great Britain."

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29 Geo. 3, Cap. 52. An Act to give further Powers to the The whole Act. Commissioners for erecting certain

38 Geo. 3, Cap. 57.

(Local and Per

sonal.)

Lighthouses in the Northern Parts
of Great Britain.

An Act for incorporating the Com-The whole Act.
missioners appointed for erecting

certain Lighthouses in the Northern
Parts of Great Britain.

46 Geo. 3, Cap. 106. An Act to provide for the better Exe-Sections 75 and 76.

cution of the several Acts relating
to the Revenues, Matters, and Things
under the Management of the Com-
missioners of Customs and Port
Duties, and of the Commissioners of
Inland Excise and Taxes in Ireland.Į

46 Geo. 3, Cap. 132. An Act for erecting a Lighthouse on The whole Act,

the Bell or Cape Rock on the Eastern
Coast of Scotland, and for enabling
the Commissioners of the Treasury!
to advance a certain Sum of Money
out of the Consolidated Fund of
Great Britain towards that Purpose.

48 Geo. 3, Cap. 130. An Act for preventing the various The whole Act.
Frauds and Depredations committed
on Merchants, Shipowners, and Un-
derwriters, by Boatmen and others,
within the Jurisdiction of the Cinque
Ports, and also for remedying cer-
tain Defects relative to the Adjust-
ment of Salvage under a Statutel
made in the Twelfth Year of the
Reign of Her late Majesty Queen
Anne.

SCHEDULE Continued

Reference to Act.

Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal.

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal.

50 Geo. 3, Cap. 95. An Act to enable the Corporation for The whole Act.

preserving and improving the Port
of Dublin to erect, repair, and main-
tain Lighthouses round the Coast of
Ireland, and to raise a Fund for de-l
fraying the Charge thereof.

51 Geo. 3, Cap. 66. An Act to amend and render more ef- The whole Act, so far as fectual several Acts for promoting relates to Lighthouses

the Trade of Dublin, by rendering and Light Dues.

com

its Port and Harbour more
modious, and for erecting, repairing,
and maintaining Lighthouses round
the Coast of Ireland, and to raise a
Fund for defraying the Charge
thereof.

52 Geo. 3, Cap. 115. An Act to make more effectual Pro-The whole Act.

vision for enabling the Corporation

for preserving and improving the
Port of Dublin to erect, repair, and
maintain Lighthouses and Lights
round the Coasts of Ireland, and to
raise a Fund for defraying the
Charge thereof.

53 Geo. 3, Cap. 159. An Act to limit the Responsibility of The whole Act. Ship Owners in certain Cases.

54 Geo. 3, Cap. 136. An Act for enabling the Commissioners The whole Act.
of the Northern Lighthouses to pur-!
chase the Island and Light of May
at the Entrance of the Frith of Forth
for enabling the Commissioners of
the Treasury to advance a certain
Sum of Money towards that Purpose
and for amending several Acts in
regard to the Northern Lighthouses.

55 Geo. 3, Cap. lxvii. An Act for enabling the Commissioners The whole Act. (Local and Personal.)

of the Northern Lighthouses to erect
Lighthouses on the Isles of Man and
Calf of Man.

59 Geo. 3, Cap. 12. An Act to amend the Laws for the Section 32. Relief of the Poor.

SCHEDULE Continued.

Reference to Act.

Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal.

Title of Act.

Extent of Repeal.

1 & 2 Geo. 4, Cap. 76. An Act to continue and amend certain The whole Act, except

Acts for preventing the various
Frauds and Depredations committed
on Merchants, Shipowners, and Un-
derwriters, by Boatmen and others
within the Jurisdiction of the Cinquel
Ports, and also for remedying cer-
tain Defects relative to the Adjust-
ment of Salvage under a Statute
made in the Twelfth Year of the
Reign of Her late Majesty Queen
Anne.

Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, and 18.

4 Geo. 4, Cap. 88. An Act for regulating Vessels carrying The, whole Act.
Passengers between Great Britain
and Ireland.

6 Geo. 4, Cap. 125. An Act for the Amendment of the The whole Act.
Law respecting Pilots and Pilotage,|
and also for the better preservation
of Floating Lights, Buoys, and
Beacons.

9 Geo. 4, Cap. 86. An Act to amend an Act for the The whole Act.
Amendment of the Law respecting!

Pilots and Pilotage, and also for the
better Preservation of Floating
Lights, Buoys, and Beacons.

11 Geo. 4, Cap. 20. An Act to amend and consolidate the Section 82.

Laws relating to the Pay of the
Royal Navy.

4 & 5 Wm. 4, Cap. An Act to amend an Act of the So much as is not already 52.

Twentieth Year of His Majesty King
George the Second, for the Relief
and Support of sick, maimed and
disabled Seamen, and the Widows
and Children of such as shall bel
killed, slain, or drowned in the Mer-
chant Service, and for other Purposes.

repealed.

5 & 6 Wm. 4, Cap. An Act to amend and consolidate the So much as is not already

19.

Laws relating to the Merchant Sea-
men of the United Kingdom, and for
forming and maintaining, a Register
of all the Men engaged in that Ser-
vice.

repealed.

SCHEDULE Continued,