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Justices of counties to have concurrent jurisdiction in cities, boroughs, &c. situate in such counties.
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231. Where any offence against the Customs Acts shall be committed in any city borough liberty division franchise or town corporate, any justice having jurisdiction therein, and any justice of any county within which the same is or are situated, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the same; and all powers vested in any justice of the peace by virtue of this Act shall be and the same are hereby vested in and may be exercised in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands by any governor deputy governor bailiff chief magistrate deemster jurat or other magistrate of the said isle or islands; and for the purposes of the Customs Acts the jurisdiction of the magistrates of the borough of Gravesend in the county of Kent shall be deemed to extend on the River Thames from Yantlet Creek to Broadness Point in the Northfleet Hope, and shall include every part of the said river between those limits respectively.
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