Section 48A F1
Where any aircraft or goods taken as prize is or are brought to any place within the jurisdiction of a prize court, the pilot or other person in charge or command of the aircraft which has been taken or in which the goods are brought shall, when required by an officer of Customs deliver an account in writing under his hand concerning such aircraft and goods, giving such particulars relating thereto as may be in his power, and shall truly answer all questions concerning such aircraft or goods asked by any such officer, and in default shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, such forfeiture to be enforced as forfeitures for ofences against the laws F2relating to Customs or Excise are enforced; and every such aircraft shall be liable to such searches as other aircraft are liable to; and the officers of the Customs may freely go on board such aircraft and bring to the King’s warehouse any goods on board the same, subject, nevertheless, to such regulations in respect of military aircraft belonging to His Majesty as shall from time to time be issued by the Treasury.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 48A added by Prize Act 1939 (c. 65), Sch. Pt. I
- F2
Words substituted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 12 Table Pt. I