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Stills in the possession of unlicensed persons to be forfeited.
Commissioners may permit the use of stills for experiments in chemistry, and by traders or others for the manufacture of articles other than spirits, &c.
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4. Every still, or still head, or worm of a still, shall be forfeited which is found in the custody or possession of any person not being a person known as a regular maker of stills [1
and, if in Scotland or Ireland, being a person licensed in that respect] and such still, still head, or worm being gauged or marked as there by law required, and, it m Ireland, being accompanied by permit on removal thereof, and such person not being a licensed distiller, rectifier or compounder of spirits, or vinegar maker, or a person licensed to keep and use such still under this Act: Provided always, that the commissioners of excise may permit the keeping and using of any still or stills for experiments in chemistry, under such regulations as they think fit: Provided also, that the commissioners of excise may permit the keeping and using of any still or stills, by persons carrying on trade, or otherwise, for the manufacture of any articles other than spirits or spirit mixtures, upon every person who has a still giving notice thereof to the nearest officer of excise, and conforming to such regulations as the commissioners of excise think fit to direct, before beginning to use any still as last aforesaid.
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