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Powers of 24 G. 3. c. 47. as to chasing and firing at Vessels, extended to Vessels seizable under this and all other and subsequent Acts.
42 G. 3. c. 82. S. 6. &c. repealed.
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XXXII. And be it further enacted and declared, That all the Powers, Provisions, Clauses, and Indemnities contained in an Act, passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling, relating to the chacing, bringing to, and firing and shooting at or into any Ship or Vessel, liable to Seizure and Examination, under any Law or Laws relating to the Revenue, shall extend and be confirmed to extend to authorize and empower any Captain, Matter, or ether Person, having at the Time being the Charge or Command of any Cutter or Vessel in the Service of His Majesty, or of the Customs or Excise, to chace, bring-to, fire, and shoot at or into, all Ships, Vessels, and Boats, made liable to Seizure or Examination by or under any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, or which may hereafter be passed in relation to the Revenue of Customs or Excise, or for the Prevention of Smuggling, or this Act, as fully and effectually as, if the same were herein repeated and re-enacted; and all such Ships, Vessels, and Boats, as are by this Act or any other Act made liable to Seizure or Examination, may be brought to for the Purpose or Examination.
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