Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act, 1831

How penalties are to be recovered.

31. All penalties and forfeitures imposed by this Act may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in his Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Dublin, in the name of his Majesty’s attorney general, or in the name of some officer of excise, or, on complaint in manner herein-after mentioned, to or before any one or more of his Majesty’s justices of the peace of the county, city, or place wherein the offence shall be committed.