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Provisions as to ship’s papers.
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2. —(1) Where an officer seizes, under this Act, a ship’s certificate of registry, he shall either retain the certificate and give a provisional certificate in lieu thereof, or return the certificate with an indorsement of the grounds on which it was seized, and in either case shall direct the ship, by an addition to the provisional certificate or to the indorsement, to proceed forthwith to a specified port, being a port where there is a British court having authority to adjudicate in the matter, and if this direction is not complied with, the owner and master of the ship shall, without prejudice to any other liability, each be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.
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(2) Where in pursuance of this section a provisional certificate is given to a ship, or the ship’s certificate is indorsed, any officer of customs in Her Majesty’s dominions or British consular officer may detain the ship until satisfactory security is given for her appearance in any legal proceedings which may be taken against her in pursuance of this Act.
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