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Bonds entered into relating to the Customs shall remain in force Two Years from the Time limited for Performance of the Condition. [See stat. 16 G. 3. c. 48. §2.]
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XIII. ‘And whereas Bonds and Securities taken by Officers relating to the Revenue and Business of His Majesty’s Customs (except Bonds taken for Duties on Payment of Money, or for the good Behaviour of Officers in the Execution of their Duty) are, by an Act passed in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, made and declared to be void if no Prosecutions shall be commenced for the Breach or Non-performance of any Covenant or Condition therein contained, within the Space of Five Years from the Date of such Bonds or Securities: And whereas many Bonds relating to the Revenue and Business of His Majesty’s Customs (besides such Bonds as in the said recited Act are excepted) are taken with Conditions which cannot be completely performed within Five Years from the Date thereof;’ be it therefore further enacted, That every such Bond as aforesaid, which has heretofore been or shall hereafter be entered into in relation to the Revenue or Business of His Majesty’s Customs, shall remain and continue in full Force for Two Years, and may be prosecuted and put in Suit at any Time within Two Years from the Time limited in the Condition of every such Bond respectively, for the Performance thereof, any Thing in the said Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and from and after the Expiration of such Two Years as aforesaid, every such Bond, upon which no Prosecution or Suit shall have been commenced, shall be void, and may be cancelled and destroyed as in the said Act is directed.
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