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No officer of excise to act as a justice in excise cases, nor any excise trader in any case relating to his trade.
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68. It shall not be lawful for any officer of excise or person employed in the collection or management of the revenue of exercise, to act as a justice of the peace in any part of the United Kingdom in the execution of any of the powers, authorities, clauses, matters, or things contained in this Act, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the revenue of excise; and it shall not be lawful for any trader subject to the excise laws to act as a justice of the peace as aforesaid in any case which relates to the particular trade or business of such trader, or in any case in which he shall be in anywise, as such trader, concerned or interested; and if any such officer or person employed as aforesaid, or any such trader as aforesaid, shall presume to act as a justice of the peace, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, all proceedings in that behalf shall be and the same are hereby declared to be utterly null and void to all intents and purposes.
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