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Penalty on unlawful Possession of Arms, &c. supplied to Constabulary, and on assuming the Dress, Name, &c. of Constables, &c. 10l. or Two Months Imprisonment and hard Labour.
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XXV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person not appointed and acting under this Act shall have in his or her Possession any Arms or Ammunition, or any Article of Clothing, Accoutrements, or Appointments, supplied to any Person under this Act, and shall not be able satisfactorily to account for his or her Possession thereof, or shall put on or assume the Dress, Name, Designation, or Description of any Person or Persons, or of any Class of Persons, appointed under this Act, for the Purpose of thereby obtaining Admission into any House or other Place, or of doing or procuring to be done any other Act which such Person or Persons so putting on or assuming such Dress, Name, Designation, or Description would not by Law be entitled to do or procure to be done of his or their own Authority, every such Person so offending shall, in addition to any other Punishment to which he or she may be liable for such Offence, forfeit and pay for every such Offence any Sum not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds, to be recovered by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of such Offender on summary Conviction before Two Justices of the Peace, or in default of Payment thereof shall be imprisoned for any Period not exceeding Two Calendar Months, and kept to hard Labour; such Penalty to be paid to one of the County Paymasters appointed under this Act, and by him paid over to the Receiver, to be applied by him in aid of the Police Reward Fund provided in and by this Act.
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