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Where Charges of Prosecution in Seizures of Carriages and Horses exceed Produce of Sale thereof, Excess may be paid out of Sale of Goods.
Proviso for Officers entitled to gross Share of Goods seized.
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VII. ‘And Whereas the Charges of prosecuting and condemning Carts and other Carriages, and Horses and other Cattle, seized for Offences against the Laws for Protection of the Revenue of Customs or Excise, in certain Instances exceed the Produce arising from the Sale of such Seizures; and it is expedient, in Cases where Goods also shall or may be seized therewith, that the Excess of such Charges should be defrayed out of the Produce arising from the Sale of the Goods on account of which such Carts and other Carriages, and Horses and other Cattle, have been so seized;’ Be it therefore enacted, That in all Cases wherein the Charges of prosecuting and condemning Carts and other Carriages, and Horses and other Cattle, seized for Offences against the Laws for Protection of the Revenue of Customs or Excise, shall exceed the Produce arising from the Sale thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in England, or any Four or more of them, and also for the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in Scotland, or any Three or more of them respectively, if they shall think proper, to order such Part of the Expences arising either from the Seizure, Custody, Removal, Detention, Prosecution or Condemnation of any such Cart or other Carriage, Horse or other Cattle, as shall exceed the Produce arising from the Sale of such Seizure, to be defrayed out of the Produce arising from the Sale of the Goods on account of which they shall have been so seized: Provided always nevertheless, that this Act shall not extend to any Case wherein the Officers of the Customs shall, by any Law now in force or hereafter to be made, be entitled to a gross Share of the Goods seized by him.
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