Note 383 — Chapter IV · WARFARE ON SEA

The constitution and procedure of Prize Courts in Great Britain are governed by the Naval Prize Act, 1864 (27 and 28 Vict. ch. 25), and the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 and 58 Vict. ch. 39). The Naval Prize Bill introduced by the British Government in 1911, although accepted by the House of Commons, was thrown out by the House of Lords.—It should be mentioned that the Institute of International Law has in various meetings occupied itself with the whole matter of capture, and adopted a body of rules in the Règlement international des Prises Maritimes, which represent a code of Prize Law; see Annuaire, IX. pp. 218-243, but also XVI. pp. 44 and 311.