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Penalty on vessel not bringing to when required to, penalty 20l.
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181. If any ship or boat liable to seizure or examination under the Customs Acts shall not bring to when required so to do, the master of such ship or boat shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds; and on such ship or boat being chased by any vessel or boat in Her Majesty's navy, having the proper pendant and ensign of Her Majesty's ships hoisted, or by any vessel or boat duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, having a proper pendant and ensign hoisted, it shall be lawful for the captain, master, or other person having the charge or command of such vessel or boat in Her Majesty's navy, or employed as aforesaid (first causing a gun to be fired as a signal), to fire at or into such ship or boat, and such captain, master, or other person acting in his aid or by his direction shall be and is hereby indemnified and discharged from any indictment penalty action or other proceeding for so doing.
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