Paragraph 21 Jurisdictions and prosecutions.

Proceedings under this Part of this Act or Schedule C in respect of an offence on a ship may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in Anguilla.

No such proceedings shall be instituted in Anguilla except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

Without prejudice to subsection (2) above no proceedings for an offence under section 19 above alleged to have been committed outside the landward limits of the territorial sea of Anguilla on a ship registered in a Convention state shall be instituted except in pursuance of the exercise with the authority of the Governor of the powers conferred by Schedule C to this Act.