Prize Court Rules




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 93

holding or having received such freight or proceeds to pay the same
into Court.

  1. In urgent cases the marshal may, after a warrant is placed in
    his hands for execution, authorize his substitute by telegram or tele-
    phone to detain such property until the service of the warrant can
    be duly effected as herein provided.

  2. Warrants may be served on any day, including Sunday and
    any public holiday.

  3. Warrants shall be filed by the marshal within one week after
    service thereof has been completed, with a certificate of service en-
    dorsed thereon.

  4. This order shall not apply to ships of war.

ORDER XI.

SALE, APPRAISEMENT, SAFE CUSTODY, AND INSPECTION OF PRIZE.

  1. The Judge may, at any time on the application of the marshal
    or any party, make such order as to the removal, safe custody, or
    preservation of a ship as he may think fit, and may at any time, on
    account of the condition of a ship, or on the application of a claimant,
    and on or after condemnation, order the ship to be appraised, if not
    already appraised, and sold.

  2. The appraisement and sale of a ship, the removal and survey
    thereof, and the unloading and warehousing of goods shall be effected
    by the marshal under the authority of a commission.

Forms of commission and bills of sale by the marshal will be found
in Appendix A, Nos. 23 and 25.

  1. Where a ship is ordered to be sold, such sale shall be by public
    auction, unless the Judge shall for good cause otherwise order, and
    the gross proceeds thereof shall be paid into Court by the marshal.

Form showing usual conditions of sale will be found in Appen-
dix A, No. 26.

  1. Where the Judge orders any act or acts in Rule 2 mentioned
    to be done, the party who has obtained the order shall thereupon
    obtain out of the Registry a commission, and shall lodge the same
    with the marshal for execution.

  2. Every commission issued under Rule 2 shall, as soon as possible
    after its execution, be filed in the Registry by the marshal, with a
    return setting forth the manner in which it has been executed. The
    marshal shall, with the commission, file his accounts and the vouchers
    in support thereof.

Forms of marshal’s certificate and accounts will be found in
Appendix A, Nos. 24 and 27.

  1. The Registrar shall on the application of any party review
    the marshal’s accounts, and shall report the amount which he con-
    siders should be allowed; and any party to the cause may be heard
    before the Registrar on the review.

  2. The Judge on the application of any party by summons may
    review the Registrar’s decision.

  3. The amount found due to the marshal shall be paid out to
    him on an order signed by the Judge.

  4. All costs and expenses of and incidental to orders issued under
    Rule 2 shall in the first instance be borne and paid by the party on
    whose application the order is issued.

  5. Where the Judge directs that goods be unladen, inventoried,
    and warehoused, they shall, unless the Judge otherwise orders, re-
    main in the custody of the marshal until sale or restitution there-
    of.

  6. The Judge may, if he thinks fit, upon the application of any
    party to a prize proceeding, order any property under the arrest of
    the Court or being the subject-matter of a prize proceeding to be
    inspected by any party thereto or by any person appointed by the
    Court.

ORDER XII.

BAIL.

  1. Bail shall be given by filing a bail bond, which shall be signed
    by two sureties, unless the Judge shall order that one surety shall
    suffice, and it shall be taken before a commissioner authorized to
    administer oaths in the Court in the exercise of its ordinary juris-


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⚖️ Proclamation of Prize Court Rules, 1914 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
29 August 1914
Proclamation, Prize Court Rules, Naval Prize Acts, Governor