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Warrant or Non-commissioned Officers of the Army may stop Offenders under any Act relating to Smuggling. [See 47 G. 3. ft. 2. c. 66. §30.]
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V. ‘And whereas Doubts have arisen whether Non-commissioned Officers of the Army, empowered and authorized under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament, to patrol for the Prevention of Smuggling, are empowered to stop, arrest, and detain Persons liable to be stopped, arrested, and detained, under the Laws in force for the Prevention of Smuggling, and it is expedient to remove such Doubts;’ be it therefore declared and enacted, That all the Powers, Authorities, Provisions, and Clauses contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament passed for the Prevention of Smuggling in relation to the stopping, arresting, and detaining any Persons liable to be stopped, arrested, or detained under the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament, or any other Act or Acts passed for the Prevention of Smuggling, shall extend and be deemed and construed to extend to every Warrant and Non-commissioned Officers of His Majesty’s Army, not being below the Rank of a Serjeant, who hath been or shall be approved of by the Officer for the Time being commanding the Regiment in which he serves, as proper and qualified to patrol for the Purpose of preventing illicit Practices on the Revenue, under the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament.
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