This law applies to the government, which is called ‘the Crown’. This means the government must follow the rules in this Act, just like everyone else.
But there are two parts of the law that don’t apply to the government:
The first part is about people who sell things for others, called mercantile agents. The government doesn’t have to follow these rules.
The second part is about ships and their cargo. It talks about the ship owner’s right to move goods and keep them if they’re not paid. The government doesn’t have to follow these rules either.
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