2011 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (§§ 5001 - 7921)
Part IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (§§ 7201 - 7921)
Chapter 655 - PRIZE (§§ 7651 - 7681)
Section 7658 - Duties of prize master
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 655 - PRIZE Sec. 7658 - Duties of prize master |
Contains | section 7658 |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 476. |
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The prize master shall take the captured vessel to the selected port. On arrival he shall—
(1) deliver immediately to a prize commissioner the documents and papers and the inventory thereof;
(2) make affidavit that the documents and papers and the inventory thereof and the prize property are the same and are in the same condition as delivered to him, or explaining any loss or absence or change in their condition;
(3) report all information respecting the prize and her capture to the United States attorney;
(4) deliver the persons sent as witnesses to the custody of the United States marshal; and
(5) retain the prize in his custody until it is taken therefrom by process from the prize court.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 476.)
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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7658 | 34 U.S.C. 1134. | R.S. 4617. |
The word “diligently” is omitted as surplusage.
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