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(b) therstperson—
(i) being a foreign subject, accepts or agrees to accept any commission or engagement in the military
or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state; or
(ii) whether a foreign subject or not,
induces any other person to accept or agree to accept any
commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any
friendly state; or
(c) therstperson—
(i) being a foreign subject, quits or goes on board any vessel with a view to quitting Fiji, with
intent to accept any commission or engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign
state at war with a friendly state; or
(ii) whether a foreign subject or not, induces any other person to quit or to go on board any vessel
with a view of quitting Fiji with similar intent; or
(d) therstpersonisthemasterorownerofanyvessel,andtherstpersonknowinglyeither—
(i) takes on board; or
(ii) engages to take on board; or
(iii) has on board the vessel—
any illegally enlisted person; or
(e) therstperson,withintentorknowledge,orhavingreasonablecausetobelievethatthevesselwill
be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any friendly state, builds,
agrees to build, causes to be built, equips, despatches, or causes or allows to be despatched, any vessel,
or issues or delivers any commission for any vessel.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 5 years
(2) A person building, causing to be built, or equipping a vessel in any of the cases provided for in sub-section
(1), under a contract made before the commencement of such a war, is not liable to the penalties provided for in this
section in respect of the building or equipping, if—
(i) upon a proclamation of neutrality being issued by the Government of Fiji the person immediately
gives notice to the Minister that he or she is building, causing to be built, or equipping such
vessel, and furnishes such particulars of the contract and of any matters relating to the contract
as may be required by the Minister; and
(ii) the person gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other measures (if any)
as the Minister may prescribe for ensuring that the vessel shall not be despatched, delivered
or removed without the licence of the Government until the termination of the war.
Piracy
132.—(1) In this section—
“pirate” includes any person who on the high seas—
(a) commits, otherwise than as an act of war and under the authority of some foreign state, any act with
respect to a ship, or any goods or merchandise belonging to a ship or laden upon it, which, if the act
werecommittedonland,wouldconstituterobberyasdenedinthisAct;or
(b) having obtained possession of a ship by means of any such act, retains possession of it; or
(c) being on board a Fijian ship at any place—
(i) turns pirate, enemy, or rebel, and practically runs away with the ship, or any boat, ordnance,
ammunition, or goods belonging to it or laden upon it; or
(ii) voluntarily yields up the ship or any such thing as last mentioned to a pirate; or
(iii) consultsorconspireswith,orattemptstocorrupt,anymasterorofcerofaship,oranysailor,
with intent that the person should run away with or yield up any ship, goods, or merchandise,
or turn pirate, or go over to pirates; or