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Common Informers not to sue without Consent of Attorney General.
Proceedings for Penalties.
Application of Penalties.
As to Liabilities to Penalty.
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XCII. No Proceedings for the Recovery of any Penalty incurred under the Provisions of this Act shall be taken by any Person other than by a Party grieved, or the Commissioners, without the Consent in Writing of Her Majesty’s Attorney General first had and obtained; and no such Penalty shall be recovered unless Proceedings for the Recovery thereof shall have been commenced within Six Calendar Months after the Commission or Occurrence of the Offence upon which the Penalty attaches; and One Half of such Penalty shall go to the Informer, and the Remainder to the Commissioners; and if the Commissioners be the Informers they shall be entitled to the whole of the Penalty recovered; and all Penalties or Sums recovered on account of any Penalty by them shall be paid over to the Treasurer, and shall be placed to the Credit of the General Assessments Fund for the Purposes of this Act, any Act or Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, and notwithstanding the Liability of any Person to any Penalty under the Provisions of this Act, he shall not be relieved from any other Liability to which he would have been subject if this Act had not been passed.
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