Section XV XV. Prizes taken in the Streights may be carried to Cadiz, &c.X1

Provided always and be it enacted That where any Ship or Vessel shall be taken as Prize in the Mediterranean Sea or within the Straits of Gibraltar it shall be lawfull for the Captors to carry such Ship or Vessel into the Port of Cadiz or Alicant in Spain or the Port of Messina in Sicilly or the Port of Naples and to put the same into the possession of such person or persons as is or are shall be authorized by their Majesties to receive and preserve the same there to remaine and be kept without Imbezelment until the same shall be by the Court of Admiralty of England adjudged lawfull Prize or cleared and discharged or otherwise legally disposed of such Captors being hereby required with all possible speed to transmitt the Original Papers taken in such Shipp or Vessel or attested Copies thereof to the said Court.