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NAVAL PRIZE ACT 1864 - SECT 40



40. Where any ship [aircraft] or goods belonging to any of Her Majesty's
subjects, after being taken as prize by the enemy, is or are retaken from the
enemy by any of Her Majesty's ships of war [or any of His Majesty's military
aircraft], the same shall be restored by decree of a prize court to the owner,
on his paying as prize salvage one eighth part of the value of the prize, to
be decreed and ascertained by the court, or such sum, not exceeding one eighth
part of the estimated value of the prize, as may be agreed on between the
owner and the re-captors, and approved by order of the court: Provided, that
where the re-capture is made under circumstances of special difficulty or
danger, the prize court may, if it thinks fit, award to the re-captors as
prize salvage a larger part than one eighth part, but not exceeding in any
case one fourth part, of the value of the prize.

Provided also, that where a ship [or aircraft] after being so taken is set
forth or used by any of Her Majesty's enemies as a ship of war [or as a
military aircraft], this provision for restitution shall not apply, and the
ship [or aircraft] shall be adjudicated on as in other cases of prize.


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