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England, and shall have the same regard as that Court
to international law and the comity nf nations.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act any enactment
referring to a Vice-Admirnlty Court, which is contained in
an Act of the Iniperial Parliament or in a Colonial Iaw,
shall apply to a Colonial Court of Admira,lty, and he read
as if the expression "Colonial Court of Admirnlty" were
therein substituted forl'Vice-Adniiralty Court"or for other
expressions respectively referring to such Vice-Adniiralty
Courts or the judge thereof, and the Colonial Court of
Admiraltg shall have jurisdiction accordingly.
PRO~IDED follows :
as
(a) Any enactment in an Act of the Imperial Parliament
referring to the Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court
in England , when applied to a Colonial Court of Admiral-
ty in a British possession, shall be rend as if the name of
that possession were therein suhstituted for England and
RTales; and
(b) A C'oloninl Court of Admiralty shall have iinder the
Naval Prize Act, 1864, and under the Slave Srade Act,
1873, and any enactnient relating to prize or the slave trade,
the jurisdiction thereby conferred on a Vice-Admiralty
Court and not the jurisdiction therehy conferred exclusive-
ly on the High Court of Admiralty or the High Courtof
Justice ; but, unlesa for the time heing duly authorised,
shal! not hy virtue ofthis Act exercise my jurisdictionunder
the Nnvnl Prize Act, 1SG4, or otherwise in relation to pri-
ze; and
(c) A Colonial Court of Admiralty shall not have ju-
risdiction under this Act to try or punish a person for an
offence mhich according to the law of England is
punishahle on indictment; nnd
(d) A Colonial Court of Admiralty shall not have any grea-
ter jiirisdiction in rela,tion to the laws and regulations reln-
ting to Her Majesty's Navy at sea or under any Act pro-
viding for the discipline of Her hlnjesty's Navy, that may