Section 3 Accessaries to piracy by 11 Will. 3. c. 7. shall be deemed principals.C1

And whereas there are some defects in the laws for bringing persons who are accessaries to piracy and robbery upon the seas, to condign punishment, if the principal who committed such piracy and robbery is not or cannot be apprehended and brought to justice all and every person and persons whatsoever, who, by the M1Piracy Act 1698, are declared to be accessary or accessaries to any piracy or robbery therein mentioned, are hereby declared and shall be deemed and taken to be principal pirates, felons, and robbers, and shall and may, be enquired of, heard, determined, and adjudged, in the same manner as persons guilty of piracy and robbery may and ought to be enquired of, tried, heard, determined, and adjudged by the Piracy Act 1698 . . . F1