Section XVII XVII. Prizes in the East Indies, &c. to any English Port there.X1

And be it further enacted That in case any Shipp or Vessel shall be taken as Prize in the East Indies or in any place beyond the Cape of Good Hope it shall be lawful for the Captors to carry such Shipp or Vessel into any port or place where any English Factory is established and to put the same into the possession of the Governour or Chief Person of the said Factory to be preserved as aforesaid until Condemnation by such persons as shall be lawfully commissioned in that behalfe.