File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎521r] (477/818)

OMAN (MUSCAT)—APPENDIX NO. Ill—1848.
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As to the trial of vessels engaged
in the slave trade.
vessel fitted out for that purpose, and to send or carry away such vessel, together
with its masters, sailors, passengers, slaves and cargo, for the purpose of such
vessel being brought to adjudication as hereinafter mentioned.
2. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the High Court of Admiralty
of England, and for all Courts of Vice-Admiralty
in any dominions of Her Majesty beyond the
seas, including those Courts of Vice-Admiralty
within the territories under the Government of the East India Company, to take
cognisance of and try any such vessel which shall be detained or captured for
the violation of the said agreement, and to condemn any such vessel to Her Ma
jesty and adjudge as to the slaves found therein in like manner, and under such
and the like rules and regulations, as are contained in any Act or Acts of Parlia
ment in force in relation to the suppression of the slave trade by British owned
ships, as fully as if all the powers and provisions contained in such Acts were re
enacted in this Act as to such High Court of Admiralty or Courts of Vice-Admi
ralty.
3 . And be it enacted that every person who shall wilfully and corruptly give
false evidence in any examination or deposition
Persons giving false evidence h d affidavit taken in any proceeding under
deemed guilty of perjury. , , • » , t. u u
the said agreement or under this Act snail oe
deemed guilty of perjury, and being thereof convicted shall be subject and liable
to all the punishments, pains, and penalties to which persons of wilful and cor
rupt perjury are liable ; and every such person may be tried for any such perjury
either in the place where the offence was committed, or in any colony or settlement
of Her Majesty near thereto in which there is a Court of competent jurisdiction
to try any such offence, or in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench in England ,
and that in case of any prosecution for such offence in Her Majesty s said Court
of Queen’s Bench, the venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex.
4. And be it enacted, that the dependency of any suit or proceeding insti-
D tuted for the condemnation or restitution of any
rendency of suits to be a bar , . , , i „ nr detained
to any proceedings instituted for slnp or cargo or slaves, taken, seized 0
tainecT 0 ™ 17 ° f the ve8Bels de * 6 y virtue of the said agreement, or the tinal
adjudication, condemnation, or judgment or de
termination thereupon, may be pleaded in bar or given in evidence under the gent
ral issue, and shall be deemed in any Court whatever to be a complete bar in any
action, suit, or proceeding, whether instituted by any person or persons or
recovery of any such ship, vessel, or cargo, or of any damage or for any mju y
sustained thereby or by the persons on board the same, in consequence o y
capture, seizure or detention, or anything done under, or in pursuance
provisions of the said agreement. ,
5. And be it enacted, that any ship or vessel which shall be con emne
Vessels condemned to be sold aforesaid may be taken into ^“Jhord
service or vice upon payment of such
High Admiral, or the Lords Commissioners of
for the same, or, if not so taken,
[° r , Her Majety’s
broken up.
the Admiralty, shall deem a proper price