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Persons assaulting or resisting. Officers of Army, Navy, Customs, or Excise, in Execution of this Act, shall be guilty of Felony, and transported for 7 Years, &c. Shooting at any Ship, or Officer, &c, Felony without Ciergy.
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XI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall by Force or Violence assault, resist, oppose, molest, obstruct, or hinder any Officer of His Majesty’s Army, Navy, or Marines, or any Officer in the Service of the Customs or Excise, or any Person or Persons aiding or assisting in the due Execution of the Powers and Authorities by this Act given or granted, such Person or Persons being thereof convicted by due Course of Law, shall be adjudged a Felon, and shall be transported for Seven Years, or sentenced to be imprisoned in any House of Correction or Common Gaol, and kept to hard Labour for any Term not exceeding Three Years, at the Discretion of the Court before whom the Offender shall be tried and convicted as aforesaid; or if any Person or Persons shall maliciously shoot at or upon any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, belonging to His Majesty’s Navy, or in the Service of the Customs or Excise, in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas, within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland; or if any Person or Persons shall maliciously shoot at, maim, or dangerously wound any Officer or Officers of His Majesty’s Army, Navy, or Marines, or of the Customs or Excise, or any Person or Persons aiding or assisting such Officer or Officers, whether attempting to go on board or being on board, or returning from on board any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, or otherwise acting in the due Execution of his or their Duty under any of the Powers, Authorities, or Provisions of this Act, every Person so offending, and every Person aiding, abetting, or assisting therein, shall, being thereof lawfully convicted, be adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer Death as a Felon, without Benefit of Clergy.
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