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Merchant Shipping Act 1894
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Version Superseded: 01/01/1996
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Documents and FormsU.K.
F1719. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 719 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2)
720 Power of Board of Trade to prescribe forms.U.K.
(1)Subject to any special provisions of this Act the Board of Trade may prepare and sanction forms for any book, instrument, or paper required under this Act, other than those required under the First Part of this Act, and may make such alterations in these forms as they think fit.
(2)The Board shall cause every such form to be sealed with their seal or marked with some other distinguishing mark, and before finally issuing any form or making any alteration in a form shall cause public notice thereof to be given in such manner as the Board think requisite in order to prevent inconvenience.
(3)The Board of Trade shall cause all such forms to be supplied at all customs houses and mercantile marine offices in the United Kingdom, free of charge, or at such moderate prices as the Board may fix, or the Board may license any person to print and sell the forms.
(4)Every such book, instrument, or paper, required under this Act shall be made in the form (if any) approved by the Board of Trade, or as near thereto as circumstances permit, and unless so made shall not be admissible in evidence in any civil proceeding on the part of the owner or master of any ship.
(5)Every such book, instrument, or paper, if made in a form purporting to be the proper form, and to be sealed or marked in accordance with this section, shall be deemed to be in the form required by this Act unless the contrary is proved.
721 Exemption from stamp duty.U.K.
The following instruments shall be exempt from stamp duty:—
(a)Any instruments used for carrying into effect the First Part of this Act; and
(b)Any instruments used by or under the direction of the Board of Trade in carrying into effect the [F2. . . ]Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Parts of this Act; and
(c)Any instruments which are by those Parts of this Act required to be in a form approved by the Board of Trade, if made in that form.
Textual Amendments
F2Word repealed (1.5.1995) by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 100, Sch. 5; S.I. 1995/965, art. 2, Sch. appendix
722 Offences as to use of forms.U.K.
[F3(1)In Scotland, if any person forges any seal or distinguishing mark on any form issued under this Act or fraudulently alters any such form he shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment or to both.]
(2)If any person— F4
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)prints, sells, or uses any document purporting to be a form approved by the Board of Trade, knowing the same not to be the form approved for the time being, or not to have been prepared or issued by the Board of Trade,
that person shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding [F5[F6£50]][F5level 2 on the standard scale]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 722(1) repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. I
S. 722(1) substituted (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(3), Sch. 4 para. 23; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2)
F4S. 722(2)(a) repealed (1.5.1995) by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 100, Sch. 5; S.I. 1995/965, art. 2, Sch. appendix
F5Words “level 2 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.S.) for “£50” by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
F6Word substituted by virtue of Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), s. 43(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I
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