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No Vessel shall fail from Guernsey, &c. without Clearance, whether in Ballast or with Cargo; and if found light afterwards, before Delivery at Port of Clearance, may be seized.
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XII. And be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall, from and after the Expiration of One Month after the passing of this Act, fail or depart from any or either of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, or Alderney, without having a Clearance, whether such Ship or Vessel shall fail in Ballast or have a Cargo on board; and if any such Ship or Vessel shall have a Cargo on board, then the Master or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel, shall give Bond to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, which Bond every such Officer is hereby authorized and required to take in Double the Value of such Ship or Vessel, and of the Cargo on board, for the due landing thereof at the Port for which such Ship or Vessel shall have cleared; and every Ship or Vessel which shall not have such Clearance, or having any such Clearance for any Cargo, shall be found light, or with any Part of such Cargo discharged before the Delivery thereof, according to such Clearance, at the Port specified therein, or within the United Kingdom, or at some foreign Port, if cleared from a foreign Port, unless through any unavoidable Necessity or Distress, or for the Security or Preservation of the Ship or Vessel, to be proved to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs or Excise in England, Scotland, or Ireland respectively, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer of the Army, Navy, or Marines, or of the Customs or Excise.
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