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XXXIII. ‘And Whereas an Act passed in the Forty-second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act to alter, amend, and render more effectual an Act, made in the Twenty fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling in Great Britain; whereby it was amongst other Things enacted, that if any Person shall after Sun-set and before Sun-rise, between the Twenty-first Day of September and the First Day of April, or after the Hour of Eight in the Evening and before the Hour of Six in the Morning, between the last Day of March and the Twenty-second Day of September, make or aid, or assist in the making, or be present for the Purpose of aiding and assisting in making any Light, Fire, or Blaze, or any Signal by Smoke or by Rockets, Fireworks, Flags, firing of Guns or other Fire Arms, or any other Contrivance or Device, on or from any Part of the Coast or Shores of Great Britain, for the Purpose of making or giving any Signal to any Person or Persons on board any Smuggling Ship, Vessel, or Boat, or any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, hovering or found, or discovered to have been within any Limits or Distances mentioned in the said Acts or any former Act or Acts, passed for the Prevention of Smuggling, such Person shall for each and every Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds: And Whereas the said recited Clause, and the several Rules, Regulations, and Provisions in the said Act contained, for convicting and punishing Persons guilty of Offences, created by the said recited Clause, have been found not to answer the good Purposes thereby intended, and it is therefore expedient to repeal the same, and in lieu thereof to make such Provisions as are in that Behalf herein-after mentioned;’ be it therefore enacted, That, from and after the passing of this Act, the said recited Clause, and the said several Rules, Regulations, and Provisions, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, save and except in all Cases relating to any Offence or Offences which shall be or shall have been committed contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the said Act, or to the Recovery of any Fine or Penalty, Fines or Penalties, which shall be or shall have been incurred under or by virtue of the said Act, at any Time or Times before or on the said passing of this Act.
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