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Constables to attend Magistrates, and execute their Warrants.
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XV. And be it enacted, That every Chief Constable, Head Constable, Constable, and Sub-constable to be appointed under this Act shall, when not engaged on actual Duty, attend on the Justices of the Peace at their several General or Quarter Sessions, and also at their Petty Sessions, which shall be held at the respective Places where such Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable may be stationed, and shall obey and execute all the lawful Warrants, Orders, and Commands of such Justices at such Sessions in all Cases, Civil and Criminal: Provided always, that no Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable shall be employed under such Authority to levy Tithes or Tithe Composition, or to levy Rents by Distress, or to levy Fines or Penalties under any Act or Acts relating to the Revenue in Ireland, nor to enforce any Acts relating to the Laws for the Preservation of Game or Fish, except only in Cases where forcible Resistance shall have been actually made and proved by Information taken on Oath.
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