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In what Case a Reward not exceeding 25l. to Informers against Persons convicted of making Signals for Smuggling Vessels.
47 G. 3. Sess. 2. c. 66. § 34.
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V. ‘And Whereas by an Act passed in the Forty seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to make more effectual Provision for the Prevention of Smuggling, it is enacted, that any Person or Persons making, or aiding or assisting in the making, or being present for the purpose of aiding or assisting in the making any Light, Fire, Flash or Blaze, or Signal, in or on board any Vessel or Boat, or on or from any Part of the Coast or Shores of Great Britain, or within Six Miles of such Coast or Shores, for the purpose of making or giving any Signal to any Person or Persons on board any Smuggling Vessel or Boat, and being duly convicted thereof, shall by Order of the Court before whom such Person or Persons shall be convicted, either forfeit and pay the Penalty of One hundred Pounds, or at the Discretion of such Court be sentenced to or committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Term not exceeding One Year: And Whereas it is expedient to encourage the Apprehension of such Offenders;’ Be it enacted, That in every such Case where any Offender or Offenders shall be so convicted of such Offence as aforesaid, and shall, in lieu of paying any such Penalty, be sentenced to or committed to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of the Customs and Excise respectively to order and direct any Sum not exceeding Twenty five Pounds to be paid out of any Monies in the Hands of the Receiver General of the Customs and Excise respectively, to any Person or Persons who shall have informed against, discovered or prosecuted any such Offender as aforesaid.
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