{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-japan-order-1970/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-japan-order-1970/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1910",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Japan) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-japan-order-1970",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where an offence is alleged to have been committed on board any ship belonging to Japan by the master or a member of the crew, proceedings for the offence instituted otherwise than at the request or with the consent of a consular officer of Japan shall not be entertained by any court in the United Kingdom, unless—\n(a) the offence is alleged to have been committed—\n(i) by or against a person who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a citizen of Southern Rhodesia, a British subject by virtue of section 2, 13 or 16 of the British Nationality Act 1948 or the British Nationality Act 1965, or a British protected person within the meaning of the said Act of 1948; or\n(ii) against a person other than the master or a member of the crew; or\n(b) the offence is one involving the tranquillity or safety of a port, or the law relating to safety of life at sea, public health, oil pollution, wireless telegraphy, immigration or customs; or\n(c) the offence is one punishable (on a first conviction) with imprisonment for a term that may extend to five years or with a more severe sentence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1910/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:51:58.260413+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}