Section XXXV Penalty for not sending to the Court of Admiralty all Papers found aboard Prize Ships.
All the Papers, Charter Parties, Bills of Lading, Passports, and other Writings whatsoever that shall be taken, seized, or found aboard any Ship or Ships which shall be taken as Prize shall be duly preserved, and the Commanding Officer of the Ship which shall take such Prize shall send the Originals entire and without Fraud to the Court of Admiralty, or such other Court or Commissioners as shall be authorized to determine whether such Prize be lawful Capture, there to be viewed, made use of, and proceeded upon, according to Law, upon Pain that every Person offending herein shall be dismissed from Her Majesty's Service, or shall suffer such further Punishment as is herein-after mentioned, and in addition thereto shall forfeit and lose his Share of the Capture.