SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY ORDINANCE, 1868

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY ORDINANCE, 1868

No. 1 of 1868.
An Ordinance to make provision for the more effectual
suppression of piracy.

[23rd May, 1868.]

See No. 41 of 1932, Third Schedule.





1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Suppression of
Piracy Ordinance, 1868.

2. *Every person who knowingly sets forth any pirate, or
who aids, assists, maintains, procures, commands, counsels, or
advises any person whomsoever to do or commit any piracy,
shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding fifteen years:

Provided that where in consequence of such setting forth,
aid, assistance, maintenance, procurement, command, counsel,
or advice, a piracy with murder is.committed, such person shall
be guilty of felony, and shall sulfer death. or be liable to
imprisonment for life.,

[s. 3, incorporated. in s. 2, by No. 63 Of 1911.]

4. *Every person who-

(1) trades with any pirate, knowing him to be guilty of
piracy or to be fitted out with the intention of committing
piracy; or

(2) with the like knowledge, furnishes any pirate with arms,
ammunitions, provisions, or stores of any kind; or

(3) fits out any junk, vessel, or boat knowingly and with a
design to trade with, supply, or correspond with any pirate; or

(4) in any way consults, combines, confederates, or
corresponds -with any pirate, knowing him to be guilty of
piracy,

shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding ten,vears.

5. *Every person who-

(1) knowingly receives, entertains or conceals any person
guilty of an act of piracy; or

(2) takes into his custody, without lawful authority or
excuse, any junk, vessel, boat, goods, or chattels which has
or have been feloniously taken by any pirate,

Set No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.





shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding ten years: Provided that the
expression ' takes into his custody ' shall be satisfied by
proof that the goods and chattels alleged to have been taken
into custody were found in any house or premises, ot on board
any junk, vessel, or boat, within which the person charged
may be found and of which said goods and chattels he is unable
to give a satisfactory account.

6. *Every person who, being found within the Colony on
board any junk, vessel, or boat equipped for the purposes of
piracy, is unable to satisfy the court. that lie was not on board
such junk, vessel, or boat with his own consent or with the
knowledge that the same was equipped for the purposes of
piracy shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprison-
ment for any term not exceeding three years.

7.-(1). It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
make regulations for any of the following purposes:-

(o.) to provide for such searches of vessels and of persons
as may seem to.bim desirable for the purpose of the prevention
of piracy, and to impose such restrictions on the movements
and actions of vessels and persons as may seem to him desirable
in order to render such searches effective;

(b) to make such other provisions as may seem to him
desirable with a view to the prevention of piracy.

(2) Every' person who contravenes any regulation made
under this Ordinance shall upon summary -onviction be liable
to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment
for any term not exceeding six months.

[(3), rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1937.]

[ss. 8, 9 and 10, rep. No. 151 Of 1927.]

No. 2 of 1868, repealed by No. 20 Of 1923.

Set No. 10 of 1886, Second Schedule.
As amended by No. 15 of 1927 [16.3.28] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
[Originally No. 1 of 1868. No. 15 of 1927. Law Rev. Ord. 1938.] Short title. Setting forth pirate; 11 Will. 3, c. 7, s. 9. Where piracy with murder committed. Trading, etc., with pirate. 8 Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1. Receiving, etc., pirate or taking into custody junk, etc., piratically stolen. 11 Will. 3, c. 7, s. 10. Being found on board piratical junk, etc., and unable to prove non-complicity. Regulations. [16.3.28.]

[Originally No. 1 of 1868. No. 15 of 1927. Law Rev. Ord. 1938.] Short title. Setting forth pirate; 11 Will. 3, c. 7, s. 9. Where piracy with murder committed. Trading, etc., with pirate. 8 Geo. 1, c. 24, s. 1. Receiving, etc., pirate or taking into custody junk, etc., piratically stolen. 11 Will. 3, c. 7, s. 10. Being found on board piratical junk, etc., and unable to prove non-complicity. Regulations. [16.3.28.]

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