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3 & 4 Vict. c. 91, s. 7.
Power to place a constable in charge of the premises, to prevent the removal of suspected property.
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4. And whereas the said Act contains a provision empowering any chief constable or chief of police, upon receiving information that stolen or purloined and embezzled linen, hempen, cotton, silk, or wollen yarns or cloths, made of any one or any mixture of these materials, or tools or apparatus for manufacturing the same, or that such yarns or goods suspected of being stolen or purloined and embezzled, are deposited in certain specified premises, and that there is reason to apprehend that such yarns or goods will be removed before a warrant can be obtained from a justice to search the said premises, and to seize such yarns or goods, and to proceed thereupon in a certain manner by the said Act directed: And whereas it is expedient to repeal so much of the said enactment as authorizes such seizure in the first instance by such chief constable or chief of police: be it therefore enacted, that so much of the said Act as authorizes any such chief constable or chief of police to in the first instance make such seizure shall be repealed; and that in lieu thereof, [Rep. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 96. (S.L.R.)] it shall be lawful for such chief constable or chief of police to place a constable or peace officer in charge of such premises, in order to prevent the removal of such property, for such reasonable time as he may consider necessary for the obtaining of such warrant as in the said Act mentioned.
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