Section 3:
Restriction on building or equipping vessels of war.
No person shall, except under and in
accordance with the conditions of a licence granted under this Act,--
(a) build any vessel of war, or alter, arm or equip any ship so as to adapt her for use as a vessel
of war; or
(b) despatch or deliver, or allow to be despatched or delivered, from any place in the States any
ship which has been, either wholly or partly, built, altered, armed or equipped as a vessel of war in
any part of His Majesty's Dominions or9[of India] otherwise than under and in accordance with
any law for the time being in force in that part 10***.
Notes:
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "in a State in India".
2. The words "or State" omitted, ibid.