Section 6: Liability.

Any ship which has been, either wholly or partly, built, altered, armed or equipped as a vessel of war in the States in contravention of section 3, or in any [Omitted] part of His Majesty’s Dominions or of India in contravention of any like provision of law in force in that part [Omitted] , shall, if found in the States, be liable to forfeiture under this Act.