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Exception as to Passengers, Persons taken on board from Distress, &c.
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VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to forfeit any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, by reason of any Man or Men exceeding any such Proportion as aforesaid, being on board of any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, whether such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, shall be a regular and established Packet or Passage Vessel or not, who shall bonâ fide be a Passenger or Passengers only on board of such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, or who shall have been taken on board at Sea under any Circumstances of Distress, or unavoidable Necessity, Proof of such Persons being Passengers only, or of such Circumstances being given, to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, if required by them, or to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of Excise in England, Scotland, or Ireland, on Seizures made by the Officers of Excise, or brought to any Warehouse belonging to the Excise.
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