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Powers of Officers of Customs and Excise, under existing Acts, extended to Vessels and Goods liable to Forfeiture under this Act.
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X. And be it further enacted, That every Officer of His Majesty’s Customs or Excise shall have the like Powers and Authorities for bringing to, going and remaining on board of, and examining and searching of all Ships, Vessels, and Boats made liable to Forfeiture under this Act, which shall be found in or be discovered to have been in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas, within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coast of the United Kingdom, or which shall be found in or discovered to have been within any Port, Harbour, Creek, Haven, or Roadstead, or which shall be found to be hovering or have been within any such Distances as aforesaid of either of the said Islands of-Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, or Alderney, as are contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament for the giving to any Officers of Customs or Excise any Powers or Authorities, or do any Act in relation to any such Goods as aforesaid, or to any Ships, Vessels, or Boats within the Ports, or hovering or having been hovering on the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland respectively; and all Powers and Authorities, Provisions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, given, contained, or continued in or by any Act or Acts now in force in the United Kingdom, for the Protection of the Revenues of Customs or Excise, and for the better Prevention of Smuggling, or relating to Ships, Vessels, or Boats hovering or found, or discovered to have been within certain Distances of the Coast of Great Britain or Ireland respectively, and also relating to any Goods laden or being on board any such Ships, Vessels, or Boats, and the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel thereof, shall be and the same is and are, so far as the same are applicable, and are not by this Act varied or altered, hereby extended and directed, and declared severally and respectively to extend, and shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be deemed and construed to extend and be in full Force, and be applied and put in Execution as to all Ships, Vessels, Boats, and Goods made liable to Forfeiture under the Provisions of this Act, in as full and ample a Manner to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Act and Acts, and all the Clauses, Powers, Authorities, Provisions, Forfeitures, and Penalties, were repeated and re-enacted in this Act.
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