Licences. Forfeiture of Licences to be taken to the Collector at the Port from whence Vessels, sail, to be registered, and to be produced to Officers who may board Vessel. &c. about to Vessels in course of Removal in order to obtain Certificate, not to be forfeited. and in default of such Delivery, the Owner or Owners shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds; and if any Vessel or Boat requiring such Licence as aforesaid shall be found without such Licence, or shall be found or discovered to have been used or employed in any Trade or in any Limits other than such as shall be specified in such Licence, that then and in such Case the said Vessel or Boat, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel, and all the Goods laden on board, shall be forfeited. XXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That the Owner of every Vessel or Boat which shall be licensed as aforesaid shall, before such Vessel or Boat, after obtaining such Licence, first proceeds to Sea, or departs out of any Port of the United Kingdom, or Isle of Man, bring or cause to be brought such Licence to the Collector or other proper Officer at the Port from whence such Vessel or Boat is about to depart, and the said Collector or other proper Officer is hereby required duly to register the same; and in default of the Owner bringing the same, or causing the same to be brought as aforesaid, the said Licence shall be null and void; and the Master, Commander, or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of any licensed Vessel or Boat, is hereby required to produce such Licence to any Officer of the Army, Navy, or Marines, duly authorized and on Full Pay, or Officer of Customs or Excise, who shall board such Vessel or Boat within any of the Limits or Distances aforesaid, and shall demand a Sight of the same; and in case of Refusal to produce the same, or the same shall not be on board, or if the Licence produced for any Vessel shall be without an Indorsement (1) thereon that the proper Security hath been given, that then and in such Case the Vessel or Boat shall be forfeited, with her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel. may XXIX. AND be it further enacted, That it shall and be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, on Proof to their Satisfaction that the Master or Owner of any Vessel or Boat is desirous of removing such Vessel or Boat to the Port to which she belongs, for the Purpose of obtaining a Licence and giving the necessary (1) See § 25. Security for the same, to grant a Certificate to such Master or Owner of such Proof having been made; and in such Case, so long as such Vessel or Boat shall be in due course of her Voyage, Wind and Weather permitting, to the Port to which the Vessel or Boat belongs or is intended to belong, such Vessel or Boat shall not be liable to Forfeiture on account of not being licensed. Licences. cences to forfeit 500. XXX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Person Persons counor Persons shall counterfeit, erase, alter, or falsify, or cause terfeiting Lito be counterfeited, erased, altered, or falsified, any Licence so to be granted as aforesaid, or shall knowingly or wilfully make use of any Licence so counterfeited, erased, altered, or falsified, such Person or Persons shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds. XXXI. AND be it further enacted, That whenever any licensed Vessel or Boat shall be lost, broken up, captured, burnt, seized, and condemned, sold, or otherwise disposed of, the Licence shall be delivered up to the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs at the Port to which such Vessel or Boat belongs, within Six Calendar Months from the Time thereof; or in case of the Licence being lost or taken by the Enemy, satisfactory Proof thereof, on Oath, shall be made within the same Period, before the Collector or other Chief Officer of such Port; and in default thereof the Owner or Owners, and the Master of such Vessel or Boat, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. Vessels and Goods. Goods unship XXXII. AND be it further enacted, That if any Goods liable to the Payment of Duties shall be unshipped from any Vessel or Boat, (Customs and other Duties not being Uncustomed or first paid or secured); or if any prohibited Goods whatso- prohibited ever shall be imported into any Part of the United King-ped or removed dom; or if any Goods whatsoever, which shall have been illegally, &c. imported, warehoused, or otherwise secured in the United forfeited. Kingdom, either for Home Consumption or Exportation, shall be clandestinely or illegally removed from or out of any Warehouse or Place of Security; that then and in such Case all such Goods as aforesaid shall be forfeited (1), (1) By whom may be seized, § 34; how shall be disposed of, § 62. See Writ of Assistance to search, § 40. Power to restore, § 44. See Penalty on Persons concerned, § 45. See insuring Goods to be smuggled, § 47. See preventing Seizure or destroying Goods, § 55. Resisting Officer, § 59. Vessels and Goods prohibit ed to be ex or brought to the Quay, forfeited, with Goods packed therewith. 6o GEO. 4. together with all Horses and other Animals, and all Carriages and other Things made use of in the Removal of such Goods. XXXIII. AND be it further enacted, That if any ported, shipped, Goods which are or may be prohibited to be exported, shall be put on board any Vessel or Boat with Intent to be laden or shipped for Exportation, or shall be brought to any Quay, Wharf, or other Place in the United Kingdom, in order to be put on board any Vessel or Boat, for the Purpose of being exported (1); or if any Goods which are prohibited to be exported, shall be found in any Package produced to the Officers of the Customs, as containing Goods not so prohibited, that then and in such Case not only all such prohibited Goods, but also all other Goods packed therewith, shall be forfeited. XXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That all Vessels and Boats, and all Goods whatsoever, liable to Forfeiture under this or any other Act relating to the Revenue of Customs, shall and may be seized in any Place either upon Land or Water, by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Army (2), Navy, or Marines, duly authorized and on Full Pay, or Officers of Customs or Excise, or any Person having Authority to seize from the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs or Excise; and all Vessels, Boats, and Goods so seized shall, as soon as conveniently may be, be delivered into the Care (3) of the proper Officer appointed to receive the same. XXXV. AND be it further enacted, That if any Officer of the Customs, or any Officer of the Army, Navy, or Marines, duly authorized and on Full Pay, and any other Person or Persons whatsoever, employed by or under the Direction of the Commissioners of the Customs, shall make any collusive (4) Seizure, or deliver up, or make any Agreement to deliver up, or not to seize, any Vessel or Boat, or any Goods liable to Forfeiture, or shall take any Bribe, Gratuity, Recompence, or Reward for the Neglect or Non-performance of his Duty, every such Officer or (1) For Goods which may escape Detection, see Cap. 107. § 98. For Goods not duly cleared, see Cap. 107. § 71. (2) See Limitation, § 106. (3) See Goods stopped by Police Officer, § 42 & 43. (4) Acting negligently, &c. see also § 69. other Person shall forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, and be rendered incapable of serving His Majesty in any Office whatever, either Civil or Military; and every Person who shall give or offer or promise to give any Bribe, Recompence, or Reward, or make any collusive Agreement with any such Officer as aforesaid, 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 performed or not, forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds. Vessels and Officers may go on board Vesfor prohibited and uncustomed sels, and search Goods; XXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Officer or Officers of the Army, Navy, or Marines, duly authorized and on Full Pay, or for any Officer of Customs, producing his or their Warrant or Deputation (if required) to go on board any Vessel which shall be within the Limits of any of the Ports of this Kingdom, and to rummage and to search the Cabin (1) and all other Parts of such Vessel for prohibited and uncustomed Goods, and to remain on board such Vessel during the whole Time that the same shall continue within the Limits of such Port; and also to search any Person (2) or Persons either on board, or who shall have landed from any Vessel; provided such Officer or Officers shall have good reason to suppose that such Person or Persons hath any uncustomed or prohibited Goods secreted about his Person; and if any Person shall obstruct, oppose, Penalty on Obor molest any such Officer or Officers in going or remaining struction, 100%. on board, or in entering or searching such Vessel or Person, every such Person shall forfeit and lose the Sum of One hundred Pounds. XXXVII. AND be it further enacted, That before any Person shall be searched by any such Officer as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such Person to require such Officer to take him or her before any Justice of the Peace, or before the Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, who shall determine whether there is reasonable Grounds to suppose that such Person has any uncustomed or prohibited Goods about his or her Person; and if it shall (1) See Power to break Locks, and to lock up Goods, &c. Cap. 107. §13. (2) For Regulations, see § 37. 38. and 39. and may search the Person upon good Reason. Officers, before searching Per sons, to take them before a Justice, Collector, or Comp troller of Customs, if re quired, who may direct the Search, or discharge such Persons. Vessels and Penalty on Persons before search without Passengers hav ing Goods in Possession, and denying it, to forfeit Treble the Value thereof, appear to such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, that there is reasonable Ground to suppose that such Person has any uncustomed or prohibited Goods about his or her Person, that then such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs shall direct such Person to be searched in such Manner as he shall think fit; but if it shall appear to such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, that there is not reasonable Ground to suppose that such Person has any uncustomed or prohibited Goods about his or her Person, that then such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, shall forthwith discharge such Person, who shall not in such Case be liable to be searched; and every such Officer as aforesaid is hereby authorized and required to take such Person, upon Demand, before any such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, detain ing him or her in the meantime: Provided always, that no Person, being a Female, so directed to be searched, shall be searched by any other Person than a Female, duly authorized for that Purpose by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs. XXXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That if any such Officer shall not take such Person with reasonable Dispatch before such Justice, Collector, Comptroller, or other superior Officer of Customs, when so required, or shall require any Person to be searched by him, not having reasonable Ground to suppose that such Person has any uncustomed or prohibited Goods about his or her Person, that such Officer shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds. his. XXXIX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Passenger or other Person on board any Vessel or Boat shall, upon being questioned by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs, whether he has any Foreign Goods upon Person, or in his Possession, deny the same (1), and any such Goods shall, after such Denial, be discovered upon Person, or in his Possession, such Goods shall be forfeited, and such Person shall forfeit Treble the Value of such Goods. (1) See destroying Goods to prevent Seizure, § 55. his |