Pigs and Bacon Act, 1935
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67.—(1) Any officer of Customs and Excise may detain and seize any bacon being or attempted to be exported in contravention of this Part of this Act and for that purpose may open any packet containing or suspected by him of containing any bacon, and the provisions of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , in relation to the condemnation and disposal of goods seized under that Act shall apply to all bacon seized under this Act in like manner as if such bacon had been seized under that Act. | |
(2) The provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the prohibition of the export of bacon shall have effect as though those provisions were included in the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , and that Act and any Act amending or extending that Act shall apply accordingly, and if any bacon the export of which is prohibited by this Part of this Act is exported in contravention of this Part of this Act or is brought to any quay or other place for the purpose of being so exported or are water-borne to be so exported, the exporter or his agent shall be liable to the same penalty as that to which a person is liable under section 186 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , for illegally importing prohibited goods. | ||
(3) The provisions of this Act relating to prosecutions under Part II shall not apply in respect of this section. | ||
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