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Warrant or Non-commissioned Officers of Army authorized to seize Goods, Vessels, &c. without Warrant from Commissioners of Customs or Excise, and to carry them to the nearest Custom House, &c.
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XXX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Warrant or other Non-commissioned Officer, not being below the Rank of a Serjeant in the Army, who shall be approved of by the Officer for the Time being commanding the Regiment in which he serves, as proper and qualified for the Service, to patrol with any Number of Soldiers under his Command, for the Purpose of preventing illicit Practices on the Revenue, and to seize, without having any Deputation or Commission from the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs or Excise for that Purpose, any Vessel or Boat, or Cart or Carriage, or Cattle, or any Goods or Commodities, or Articles or Things whatever, which shall be subject to Forfeiture by this or by any other Act or Acts of Parliament now in force for any Offence against the Revenue of Customs or Excise: Provided always, that such Warrant or other Non-commissioned Officer, on the making of any such Seizure, shall bring or cause the same to be brought, without Loss of Time or unnecessary Delay, to His Majesty’s Warehouse at the nearest Custom House to which such Seizure can conveniently be brought, and there lodge and deposit the same in the Custody and under the Charge and Care of the proper Officer of the Customs, in case the Seizure shall be made under any Act for securing the Revenue of Customs, or in the Custody and under the Charge and Care of the proper Officer of Excise, in case it shall be made under any Act for securing the Revenue of Excise, and shall in all respects, in regard to the Prosecution or Delivery of any such Seizure, conform to all and each and every of the Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions, to which the Officers of His Majesty’s Customs and Excise are now, in case of such Seizures, made by them respectively subject; any Law, Custom, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
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