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Illicit distillers, &c. to be subject also to penalties under other Acts.
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51. Provided always, that all and every person committing any offence against the provisions of this Act, by illegally . . . distilling, selling, or keeping spirits, or removing spirits, shall also be subject and liable to all penalties imposed by any other Act or Acts in force relating to . . . spirits, and to permits, in the same manner as if such person or persons were duly licensed as . . . distillers, rectifiers, or compounders, dealers in, or retailers of spirits; and the commissioners of excise may, if they shall see fit, order any persons committing any offence against this Act to be sued and prosecuted for the recovery of any other or further penalty or penalties, forfeiture or forfeitures, incurred under the provisions of any other Acts relating to malt or spirits, in lieu of or in addition to the penalties or forfeitures by this Act imposed.
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