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Definitions.
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9. In this Act—
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The expression “mail bag” means a mail of letters, or a box, or parcel, or any other envelope in which post letters within the meaning of the Acts relating to the Post Office, are conveyed;
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The expression “subsidy” includes a payment for the performance of a contract;
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The expression “master of a ship” includes any person in charge of a ship, whether commander, mate, or any other person;
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The expression “ship of a Foreign State” means a ship entitled to sail under the flag of a Foreign State;
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The expression “arresting authority” means any court, authority, or officer having power to arrest or detain a ship, or to arrest a person on board a ship, or to order such arrest or detention, or to order the execution of any process, civil or criminal, for the arrest of a person on board any ship;
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The expression “postal officer” means any person employed in the business of the Post Office of the United Kingdom or a British Possession or Foreign State, as the case may be, whether employed by the Postmaster General, or the chief of the Post Office of the British Possession, or the chief of the Post Office of the Foreign State, or by any person under him, or on behalf of any such Post Office.
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