Section 232: Application to horses, food, forage, stores, ships, aircraft and aircraft material

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act and the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act, shall apply to ships, aircraft and aircraft materials as they apply to vehicles except such of those provisions as relate only to mechanically propelled vehicles and trailers normally drawn by mechanically propelled vehicles and shall also apply to horses and mules, food, forage and stores as they apply to vehicles, ships, aircraft and aircraft materials.
(2) Where stores or aircraft materials are required for and can be conveyed with a vehicle, ship or aircraft with respect to which a direction is given under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 226 of this Act, the direction may be given also in relation to the vehicle, ship or aircraft and the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act (except subsection (2) of section 228) and the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply accordingly.
(3) If after the giving of the direction, the furnishing of the stores or aircraft materials is prevented by damage to them or to the vehicle, ship or aircraft, such payment (if any) shall be made in respect of the stores or aircraft materials as may be appropriate in all the circumstances.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 227 of this Act, food, forage, stores or aircraft materials to be furnished in pursuance of a requisitioning order or at any time, may be required to be furnished for purchase on behalf of the Federal Government.
(5) The provisions of section 230 of this Act shall apply in relation to the horses, mules, ships and aircraft as they apply in relation to mechanically propelled vehicles.
(6) In this section, "stores" means a chattel, other than a horse or mule, a vehicle, ship or an aircraft, food or forage, being a chattel required for, or for use in connection with-
(a) persons, vehicles, ships or aircraft billeted or to be billeted in pursuance of a billeting requisition or otherwise temporarily accommodated or to be so accommodated; or
(b) vehicles, ships, aircrafts, horses or mules furnished or to be furnished in pursuance of a requisitioning order.