2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 655 - Prize
Sec. 7660 - Duties of prize commissioners
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| §7660. Duties of prize commissioners | ||||||
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One or more of the prize commissioners shall— (1) receive from the prize master the documents and papers of the captured vessel and the inventory thereof; (2) take the affidavit of the prize master required by section 7658 of this title; (3) take promptly, in the manner prescribed by section 7661 of this title, the testimony of the witnesses sent in; (4) take, at the request of the United States attorney, on interrogatories prescribed by the court, the depositions de bene esse of the prize crew and others; (5) examine and inventory the prize property; (6) apply to the court for an order to the marshal to unload the cargo, if this is necessary to that examination and inventory; (7) report to the court, and notify the United States attorney, whether any of the prize property requires immediate sale in the interest of all parties; (8) report to the court, from time to time, any matter relating to the condition, custody, or disposal of the prize property requiring action by the court; (9) return to the court sealed and secured from inspection— (A) the documents and papers received, duly scheduled and numbered; (B) the preparatory evidence; (C) the evidence taken de bene esse; and (D) their inventory of the prize property; and (10) report to the Secretary of the Navy, if, in their judgment, any of the prize property is useful to the United States in the prosecution of war. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 477.) |
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The words "but the custody of the property shall be in the marshal only" are omitted as surplusage, since this fact is made clear in §7662 of this title. |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 655 - PRIZE Sec. 7660 - Duties of prize commissioners |
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