Section 1 The recital Act and this Act shall apply to all British subjects wherever residing.
United Kingdom
All the provisions of the M1Slave Trade Act 1824 herein-before recited F1. . . shall be deemed to extend and apply to British subjects wheresoever residing or being, and whether within the dominions of the British crown or of any foreign country; and all the several matters and things prohibited by the Slave Trade Act 1824, . . . when committed by British subjects, whether within the dominions of the British crown or in any foreign country, . . . F2shall be deemed and taken to be offences committed against the said several Acts respectively, and shall be dealt with and punished accordingly: Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall repeal or alter any of the provisions of the said Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 1 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII
- F2
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
Marginal citations
- M1
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Words reciting Slave Trade Act 1824 (c. 113), s. 2, omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)