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any Money, Bills, Notes, and Drafts, which he shall have so paid or caused to be paid into the Bank of England; and the Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall be answerable for all the Monies, Bills, Notes, and Drafts which shall be actually received by them from and on account of such Receiver General as aforesaid, except such Bills as may have been returned in manner aforesaid.

XXVII. AND be it further enacted, That if any Per Punishing son or Persons shall knowingly and wilfully forge or coun- Forgery. terfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or knowingly and wilfully act or assist in forging or counterfeiting the Name or Hand-writing of any Receiver General of the Customs, or of any Controller General of the Customs, or of any Person acting for them respectively as aforesaid, to any Draft, Instrument, or Writing whatsoever, for or in order to the receiving or obtaining any of the Money in the Hands or Custody of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, on account of the Receiver General of the Customs; or shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, or knowingly and wilfully act or assist in the forging or counterfeiting, any Draft, Instrument, or Writing in Form of a Draft made by such Receiver General or Person as aforesaid; or shall utter or publish any such, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, with an Intention to defraud any Person whomsoever; every such Person or Persons so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be and is and are hereby declared and adjudged to be guilty of Felony, and shall suffer Death as in Cases of Felony without Benefit of Clergy.

administer

Oaths.

XXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That in all Cases Collectors, &c. wherein Proof on Oath shall be required by any Law, or authorized to shall be necessary for the Satisfaction or Consideration of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, in any Matter relating to any Business under their Management, the same may be made before the Collector or Controller of the Customs, at the Port where such Proof shall be required to be made, or before the Persons acting for them respectively, and who are hereby authorized and empowered to administer the same.

XXIX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Person Offer of Bribe shall give or offer, or promise to give any Bribe, Recom- to Officers. pence, or Reward to any Officer of the Customs, or any

Penalty 5001.

Goods and Ves

be seized by

Person employed by or under the Direction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, to induce him in any way to neglect his Duty, or to do, conceal, or connive at any Act whereby any of the Provisions of any Act of Parliament may be evaded, every such Person shall, whether the Offer be accepted or not, forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds.

XXX. AND be it further enacted, That all Goods, and sels forfeited, to all Ships, Vessels, and Boats, which by any Act at any Time in force shall be declared to be forfeited, may be seized by any Officer of the Customs.

Officers of

Customs.

Surveyors General, &c. may examine Witnesses on Oath.

XXXI. AND be it further enacted, That upon Examinations and Inquiries made by any Surveyor General of the Customs, or any Inspector General of the Customs, for ascertaining the Truth of Facts relative to the Customs, or the Conduct of Officers or Persons employed therein, and upon the like Examinations and Inquiries made by the Collector and Controller of any Outport in the United Kingdom, or of any Port in the Isle of Man, or made by any Person or Persons in any of the British Possessions abroad, appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to make such Examinations and Inquiries, any Person examined before him or them as a Witness shall deliver his Testimony on Oath, to be administered by such of the Surveyors General, or such of the Inspectors General, or such Collector and Controller, or such Person or Persons as shall examine him, and who are hereby authorized to administer such Oath; and if such Person deemed Perjury. shall be convicted of making a false Oath, touching any of the Facts so testified on Oath, or of giving false Evidence on his Examination on Oath, before any of the Surveyors General or Inspectors General of the Customs, or such Collector and Controller, or such Person or Persons, in conformity to the Directions of this Act, every such Person so convicted as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of Perjury, and shall be liable to the Pains and Penalties to which Persons are liable for wilful and corrupt Perjury.

False Oath

Jurisdiction over Offences by Board of Commissioners

of Customs,
within the

District of
Dublin.

XXXII. AND be it further enacted, That the District comprehending the City, Suburbs, and Liberties of Dublin, and the Port of Dublin, and several Creeks and Members thereof, and all Parishes, Parts, and Places of the City and County of the City of Dublin and County of Dublin, and all and every the Baronies, Parts, and Places of the same,

shall be subject to the Rule and Government of the Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of Customs in Ireland, in all Matters relating to the collecting, managing, and levying all Revenues of Customs within the same; and that all Complaints and Informations for the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture, for any Offence against, or any Breach of any Act or Acts in force in Ireland, relating to the Revenues, Matters, and Things under the Management of the said Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners in Ireland, which shall be committed within the said District, shall (subject to such Appeal as is herein-after mentioned) be heard and determined by the said Commissioners, and Assistant Commissioners, or any Two of them, who shall give Judgment and award Execution accordingly.

Board of Commissioners of

Customs in

Ireland may appoint SubCommissioners

to try Offences out of Dublin

XXXIII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners in Ireland, or any Two or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, from Time to Time to appoint so many and such subordinate Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners in and for any and every District in Ireland (except in the District of Dublin) as the said Com- District. missioners and Assistant Commissioners or any Two or more of them shall from Time to Time find necessary, to be approved of by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, for the Purpose of hearing and determining all Complaints and Informations for the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture imposed by any Act or Acts in force in Ireland relating to the Revenue of Customs for any Offence against, or any Breach of any such Act, and to give Judg ment and award Execution accordingly; and such SubCommissioners shall be removable and shall and may be displaced by the said Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners as they shall think fit, and others placed in their Room, with the like Approbation of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland; and any Three or more of such Sub-Commissioners in their respective Districts, shall and lawfully may hear and determine any Complaint or Information for or relating to any Offence against any such Act or Acts as aforesaid; and any Judgment or Execution which shall be given or awarded by the Majority of such Sub Commissioners sitting on the Trial of any such Complaint or Information, shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes

Commissioners of Appeal and their Powers.

XXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Persons, whether Informer, Claimant, or Defendant, who shall think himself or herself aggrieved or injured by, or who shall be dissatisfied with any Judgment or Sentence of the said Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners, or any of their Sub-Commissioners, to make his or her Appeal to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, or to Commissioners of Appeal to be appointed by such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors, pursuant to an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for settling of the Excise or new ImLimitation of post upon His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors: ProAppeals. vided always, that such Appeal shall be made within the Space of Two Calendar Months next after such Judgment or Sentence shall be given; and that in default thereof no such Appeal shall afterwards be received; and that the Party who shall make such Appeal shall serve the Injunction grounded on such Appeal within the Space of Twenty Days next after such Appeal shall be lodged, or in default thereof such Judgment or Sentence so appealed from shall be final and conclusive; and when any such Appeal shall be brought before any such Commissioners of Appeal, the Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners by whom such Judgment or Sentence shall have been had or given shall, within Twenty-one Days next after Service of the Injunction to stop their Proceedings, transmit under Cover, sealed up and directed to the Registrar of the said Commissioners of Appeals, a true Copy attested by One of such Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners, of all the Proceedings and Proofs in the Cause in which such Judgment or Sentence was given; and in default thereof, such Commissioners or SubCommissioners shall respectively forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds each, unless the Delay be satisfactorily accounted for by Affidavit before the Commissioners of Appeals; and whenever it shall appear on any such Appeal that the Matter of any Case hath not been tried, it shall be lawful for such Commissioners of Appeals to remand the Proceedings to the Commissioners or Sub-Commissioners by and before whom the Judgment or Sentence appealed against was given.

Lands and
Buildings al-

XXXV. AND be it further enacted, That all Manors, ready taken in Messuages, Buildings, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita

any Person in Trust for His Majesty, to be vested in the Secretaries of the Customs for

the Time being;

ments in the United Kingdom, which have heretofore been the Name of purchased, or otherwise acquired or taken by or in the Name or Names of any Person or Persons in Trust for His Majesty or His Royal Predecessors, and His or Their Heirs and Successors, for the Use and Service of His Majesty's Customs, and are still holden in Trust as aforesaid, by whatsoever Mode of Conveyance the same may have been so purchased or acquired and taken, either in Fee or for Life or Lives, or any Term or Terms of Years determinable upon a Life or Lives, or any other or lesser Interest; and all Erections and Buildings which are or which shall or may be hereafter erected and built thereon, together with the Rights, Members, Easements, and Appurtenances to the same respectively belonging (other than and except such Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments as may be of Copyhold Tenure), shall be and become and remain and continue vested in the respective Secretaries for the Time being to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in the said United Kingdom, and their respective Successors, as Secretaries in such Service, according to the respective Nature and Quality of the said Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and the several Estates and Interests of and in the same Hereditaments respectively, in Trust for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for the Use and Service of His Majesty's Customs in the said United Kingdom.

and all Lands, &c. to be hereafter purchased

XXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That from and after the Purchase and Conveyance, Grant or Demise thereof, all other Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, for the Use of and Hereditaments (other than and except as aforesaid), the Customs. which shall at any Time or Times hereafter be purchased by the said Commissioners for the Time being, or by any Person or Persons by their Order, for the Use and Service of His Majesty's Customs, and all Erections and Buildings which shall be then or which may hereafter be erected and built thereon, with the Rights, Members, Easements, and Appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, shall in like Manner be and become and remain and continue vested in the Secretaries for the Time being to the said Commissioners and their Successors, as Secretaries in such Service, according to the respective Nature and Quality of the said Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and the several Estates and Interests of and

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