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Commerce with Spain Act 1739

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1739 c. 27
Year1739
Anno decimo tertio G E O R G I I II. An Act for prohibiting Commerce withSpain. E X P.

(13 Geo. 2) C A P. XXVII.

'WH E R E A S his Majesty hath been called on by the repeated Insults, Depredations, and Cruelties of theSpaniards , to make use of the Power which God hath given him, for vindicating the Honour and Dignity of his Crown, and for securing to his Subjects the undoubted Rights and Privileges of Navigation and Commerce to which they are justly intitled; and in order thereunto his Majesty upon just and honourable Grounds bath thought fit to declare War with Spain ; and it being highly requisite and necessary to prohibit and restrain all Commerce between his Majesty's Subjects and those of Spain in Europe , and to enforce such Prohibitions and Restrictions by severe Penalties;' Be it therefore enacted, &c.

‘No Goods to be imported fromOld Spain , during the War, on Penalty of forfeiting Ship and Goods, and treble the Value. Except what are lodged at Minorca or Gibralta , before 1 May 1740, and brought home on British Bottoms before 24 June 1740.’

S-III Privateers taking Ships by Collusion, the Privateer and Prize both forfeited.

III Privateers taking Ships by Collusion, the Privateer and Prize both forfeited.

III. And to prevent collusive, fraudulent, or clandestine Captures by Privateers; Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Privateer or Privateers shall by Consent, or clandestinely, or by Collusion, seize or take any Ship or Vessel whatsoever; upon due Proof thereof to be made in the Court of Admiralty, the Bail or Recognizance given in the said Court by or on the Behalf of such Privateer at the taking out of his Commission shall be pronounced and declared by the said Court...

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