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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 69

Penalty for unduly assuming British character.

69.(1) If a person use the British flag and assumes the British national
character on board a ship owned in whole or in part by any persons not
qualified to own a British ship, for the purpose of making the ship appear to
be a British ship, the ship shall be subject to forfeiture under this Act,
unless the assumption has been made for the purpose of escaping capture by an
enemy or by a foreign ship of war in the exercise of some belligerent right.

(2) In any proceeding for enforcing any such forfeiture the burden of proving
a title to use the British flag and assume the British national character
shall lie upon the person using and assuming the same.

© 1894 Crown Copyright

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