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Officers of constabulary to have the same powers as officers of Excise and Customs under 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. 55, or 6 Geo. 4. c. 80. s. 138,
and under Customs Acts. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107.
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5. All officers of the said constabulary force, appointed or to be appointed under any Act relating to the said force, or under this Act, shall have, use, and exercise all the powers and authorities, and have and possess all the privileges, granted to officers of Excise in relation to any offence committed or to be committed, or suspected to be committed, under or contrary to the Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act, 1831, or in relation to any offence mentioned in the one hundred and thirty-eighth section of the Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, chapter eighty, which said last-mentioned section is hereby extended to Ireland [1]
, and shall have, use, and exercise all the powers and authorities, and have and possess all the privileges, which are or may be exercised, had, or possessed by any officer of Customs under the [2]
Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, or any other Act now in force or hereafter to be passed, in relation to the Customs, so far as relates to any seizure, detention, or prosecution which may be made or had under any such Act or Acts, and shall be deemed and considered to be officers of Customs for such purposes; but such officers of the constabulary force shall have, use, and exercise the powers and authorities conferred by this Act so long only as they shall be and continue officers of such constabulary force.
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[1 Section 138 of the Act 6 Geo. 4. c. 80, which is rep. 23 & 24 Vict. c. 114. s. 202. and 36 & 37 Vict. c. 91. (S.L.R.), is in substance re-enacted, as to the whole of the United Kingdom, by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 114 s. 195.]
[2 The provisions of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 107. here referred to are rep. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36, s. 288. See now the corresponding provisions of that Act.] |
