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When offenders arrested give bail to the sheriff, bail bond to be assigned to Her Majesty.
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254. If when any person is arrested by writ of capias ad respondendum, the sheriff or other officer shall take bail from such person, such sheriff or other officer, at the request and costs of the Solicitor of Customs or other proper officer, shall assign to Her Majesty, the bail bond taken from such person, by endorsing and attesting the same under his hand and seal in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, which may be done without any stamp, provided the assignment so endorsed be duly stamped before any suit be commenced thereupon, and if such bail bond be forfeited, such process shall thereupon issue as on bonds originally made to Her Majesty.
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