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Justices may summon offender.
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224. Upon the exhibiting of any information before any justice against any person for any offence against the Customs Acts for which offence the party charged is not liable to be detained, or being liable shall not be detained, or by which any penalty or forfeiture shall be sought to be recovered, or any punishment of hard labour sought to be inflicted, within three years next after the commission of the offence, such justice may from time to time and at any time afterwards issue his summons directed to such party, stating shortly the matter of such information, and requiring him personally to appear at a certain time or place before him or any other justice to answer the said information, and to be further dealt with according to law.
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