Whereas by section three of the Prize Courts Acts, 1894, His
Majesty in Council is authorized to make rules of court for regulating,
subject to the provisions of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, and the said
Act, the procedure and practice of prize courts, within the meaning of
theNavalPrize Act, 1864,. and the duties and conduct of the officers
thereof and of the practitioners therein, and for regulating the fees to be
taken by the officers of the courts, and the costs, charges, and expenses
to be allowed to the practitioners therein:

And Whereas in pursuance of the Prize Courts Act, 1894,
certain rules were made by His Majesty's Order in Council dated the
5th day of August, 1914:

Ani> Whereas His Majesty was pleased by BKs Order in Council
dated the 30th day of September, 1914, to amend the said rules in the
manner hereinafter appearing, and to direct that the said Order in
Council should take effect provisionally in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, from the
date thereof:

And Whereas the provisions of Section 1 of the last recited Act
have been complied with in respect of such amendments:

Now, therefore. His Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this
behalf by the Prize Courts Act, 1894, or otherwise in Him vested, is
pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: —

1. That in Order XXVIII (Detention) of the said Rules, Rule
3 shall be omitted and this omission shall be retrospective and shall
take effect as if the said Rule had never been inserted in the said
Rules.
