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The Naval Armament Act, 1923

( ACT NO. VII OF 1923 )

Definitions
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
 
 
(a) "competent Court" means the 1[High Court Division] or such other Court having unlimited original civil jurisdiction as the Government may declare to be a competent Court for the purposes of this Act;
 
 
(b) "ship" means any boat, vessel, battery or craft, whether wholly or partly constructed, which is intended to float or is capable of floating, on water, and includes all equipment belonging to any ship; and
 
 
(c) "the Treaty" means the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament and for the Exchange of Information concerning Naval construction signed in London on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-fifth day of March, 1936.

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