[Preamble.]
Preliminary.
Interpretation of terms.                                                                    1. The following terms in this Act have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them; (that is to say,)

“Constabulary force” means the Royal Irish Constabulary:
“Members of the constabulary force” means inspector general, deputy inspector general, assistant inspector general, commandant of the depôt, surgeon, veterinary surgeon, and every county inspector, sub-inspector, barrack master of the depôt, head constable, constable, acting constable, and sub-constable of the constabulary force:
“Head and other constables” means every head constable, constable, acting constable, and sub-constable of the constabulary force:
The term “county” shall extend to and include county of a city, county of a town, county of a town and city, city and county and borough, in which there is a grand jury or town council exercising the powers of a grand jury as to presentments.

Power to Lord Lieutenant to fix revised salaries for constabulary force.                    2. It shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, notwithstanding the limitations in any Act contained, to fix and appoint such revised annual salaries as to him may from time to time seem proper, subject to the conditions herein-after specified, to be paid in such manner and subject to such regulations and provisions as he may direct, to the several persons herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,)

1. To the inspector general, to the deputy inspector general, to the three assistant inspectors general, one being styled commandant of the depôt, and to the barrack master, such annual salaries respectively as the Treasury may approve:
2. To the surgeon of the force, an annual salary not exceeding four hundred pounds:
3. To the inspector of constabulary for the town of Belfast, an annual salary not exceeding six hundred pounds:

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Superannuation.                                                                             3. It shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, under the conditions herein-after mentioned, to direct that any head or other constable appointed after the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six may be superannuated, and receive a gratuity or yearly pension not exceeding the proportion of his salary stated in the scale herein-after mentioned; and it shall be lawful for the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the Lord Lieutenant, to direct that any officer of the constabulary force, that is to say, any inspector general, deputy inspector general, assistant inspector general, commandant of the depôt, surgeon, veterinary surgeon, county inspector, barrack master of the depôt, or sub-inspector appointed after the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, may be superannuated, and may receive a gratuity or yearly pension not exceeding the proportion of his salary stated in the scale herein-after mentioned; that is to say,
Saving rights. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 100.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 24.
1. A gratuity of one month’s salary for each year’s service when such service has exceeded five years and been less than fifteen years:
2. On completion of fifteen years service, an annual pension of fifteen fiftieths of the salary may be granted, and an increase of one fiftieth for each successive year up to thirty years service completed:
3. After thirty years service, or after the person to be superannuated has attained the age of sixty years, the pension to be equal to thirty fiftieths of the salary, or to a larger proportion in cases of extraordinary merit or good conduct; provided that the particulars constituting such merit or conduct shall be set forth in the authority granting the pension, and that if the pension exceeds the amount which might have been granted for length of service only, it shall not be granted without the consent in writing of the Treasury:
4. For injuries received at any time in the actual performance of duty, a pension may be granted of an amount in proportion to the injury received, not exceeding the full salary; provided that the grounds of disability shall be fully set forth in the authority granting the pension, and that if the pension exceeds the amount which might have been granted for length of service only, it shall not be granted without the consent in writing of the Treasury.

Nothing herein contained shall entitle any member of the constabulary force absolutely to any superannuation allowance, nor prevent him from being dismissed or discharged for misconduct or other sufficient cause without superannuation allowance; and no surgeon hereafter appointed, and no veterinary surgeon who is not required by the terms of his appointment to give up private practice, shall be entitled to any pension or retiring gratuity under this Act.

No such pension or gratuity shall be granted in any case except on the certificate of the surgeon of the force, or such other competent medical officer or officers as the Lord Lieutenant shall name for the purpose, that the person is incapable from infirmity of mind or body to discharge the duties of his situation and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent, and the certificate of the inspector general (or in the case of the inspector general’s superannuation, then on the certificate of the chief secretary to the Lord Lieutenant), that he has served with diligence and fidelity: Provided that any member of the force who shall have served thirty years, or who has attained the age of sixty years or upwards, may upon his petition, be superannuated without such medical certificate.

Save as by this Act expressly provided, the provisions of the Irish Constabulary Act, 1847, shall apply to the members of the constabulary force in Ireland appointed before the 10th day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, as fully and effectually as if this Act had not passed: Provided always, that any member of the constabulary force appointed as last aforesaid may be superannuated, if he so elect, according to the scale and on the conditions prescribed by this Act.

All pensions and gratuities granted to members of the constabulary force after the passing of this Act shall be computed according to the manner prescribed for the computation of superannuation allowances by section twelve of the Superannuation Act, 1834.

In calculating any superannuation which shall be granted according to the scale and on the conditions prescribed by this Act to members of the constabulary force, whether appointed before or after the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the term salary shall include all allowances for lodging, house rent, and servant: Provided always, that the allowance in respect of lodging or house rent shall not exceed one-sixth of the actual salary and other emoluments.

Forfeiture of pension for misconduct.                                                       4. Such pension shall be granted only upon the condition that it becomes forfeited, and may be withdrawn by the Lord Lieutenant, in any of the following cases:
1. On conviction of the grantee for any indictable offence:
2. On his knowingly associating with suspected persons, thieves, or other offenders:
3. On his refusing to give information and assistance to the police whenever in his power for the detection and apprehension of criminals, and for the suppression of any disturbance of the public peace:
4. If it shall be discovered that the pension or retiring allowance of such person was granted upon statements or pretences which were to his knowledge false, or if he enter into or continue to carry on any business, occupation, or employment which shall be in the opinion of the Lord Lieutenant disgraceful or injurious to the public, or in which he shall make use of the fact of his former employment in the constabulary force in a manner which the Lord Lieutenant considers to be discreditable and improper.

Rate of charge upon counties for extra constabulary.                                        5. . . . where one moiety of the costs and expenses of any constabulary force is chargeable to any county or any part or district of a county, or any county of a city or county of a town, or borough or town in Ireland, there shall be charged to each such county, or part or district thereof, or county of a city or county of a town, or any such borough or town, such sum or sums as may be due at the rates per annum following:
For each sub-inspector, one moiety of the sum of one hundred and eighty-four pounds and seven shillings;
For each head-constable, one moiety of the sum of eighty-six pounds and twelve shillings.

Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, with the approval of the Treasury, from time to time to fix and determine the further rates of charge to be paid by every such county, or part or district thereof, or county of a city or county of a town, or borough or town, on an average of the entire force of constables, acting constables, and sub-constables in Ireland, regard being had to the rate of pay sanctioned by this Act, and to the cost of clothing, medical attendance, barrack accommodation, fuel, local travelling expenses, and extra pay of such constables and other constables when absent from quarters.

And in all cases where, under the laws now in force, the whole of the costs and expenses of any constabulary force is chargeable to any county, or any part or district of a county, or any county of a city or county of a town, or any borough or town, in Ireland, there shall be charged to each such county, or part or district of such county, or county of a city, county of a town, borough, or town, per annum, the full cost of such constabulary force calculated in the manner last mentioned.

Rate of charge upon public companies for constabulary protection.                           6. In all cases where members of the constabulary force shall be required to keep the peace in the neighbourhood of railway works or other public works in Ireland, the costs and expenses of such members, calculated according to the rates in the preceding section mentioned, shall be charged upon the company or other parties carrying on such railway or other public works; and all sums so charged shall be payable to the inspector general, who shall pay over the same to Her Majesty’s Exchequer in like manner as any other money payable thereto.

Canteen.                                                                                7. When any head or other constable shall hold any canteen under proper authority of the inspector general, it shall be lawful for any two justices within their respective jurisdictions to grant a certificate authorising the grant or transfer of any beer, wine, or spirit license to such persons without regard to time of year or to the notices required by any Act in respect of such licenses, and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or their proper officers within their respective districts, shall, upon production of such certificates, grant licenses as aforesaid; and any such constable so holding a canteen and having such license may sell therein victuals and intoxicating liquors as empowered by such license, without being subject to any penalty or forfeiture; and so much of any Act as provides that any head or other constable who shall sell any beer, wine, or spirituous liquors shall be subject to any disqualification, loss of salary, or any other penalty, shall not apply to any such constable as aforesaid.

Two shillings per week to men in Belfast and Londonderry.                                   8. It shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant (if he shall so think fit) to order and direct that two shillings per week shall be paid by way of special allowance to head and other constables whilst serving in the town of Belfast and in the borough of Londonderry, with a view to meet the extra expense to which the men serving therein respectively are subject as compared with the remainder of the constabulary force; and the said additional sums shall be paid in like manner and out of the like funds as the pay of such head and other constables.

As to unclaimed money and goods found or stolen.                                            9. When any money or goods shall be found and shall be delivered over to any constable, or when any goods or money charged to be stolen or unlawfully obtained, and of which the owner shall be unknown, shall be in the hands of any constable, it shall be lawful for the inspector general, after the expiration of twelve calendar months during which no owner shall have appeared to claim the same, to sell or dispose of such goods or money, and pay over such money or proceeds to Her Majesty’s Exchequer in like manner as any other money payable thereto.

Amendment of 6 & 7 W. 4.c. 13. s. 18. as to disabilities of members of constabulary force.  10. The disabilities imposed by the eighteenth section of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1836, shall not (except as to being elected or sitting as a member of the House of Commons) be taken or held to be applicable to any clerk in the office of the inspector general.

Estimate of charge to be presented to Parliament.                                           11. The Treasury shall cause to be submitted to Parliament annually an estimate of the sum which will from time to time be required to defray the expenditure which under this Act will be chargeable on moneys to be provided by Parliament.

Constabulary force fund.                                                                    12. The fund called the “Reward Fund,” established under the Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1836, shall be called by the new name of the “Constabulary Force Fund,” and all enactments relating to the said reward fund shall be read and interpreted as if throughout the said enactments, wherever the police reward fund is mentioned or any reference to the same occurs, the said new name were substituted; and the said enactments shall be construed with the modification following; (that is to say,)

6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 18
A deduction shall be made of such amount per cent. on the salary of each member of the constabulary force, not exceeding one and a half per cent. on the said salary, as the inspector general may with the approval of the Lord Lieutenant from time to time order and direct.

[S. 13 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
Short title.                                                                                14. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1874.”

[Sched. rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
[1 Short title, “The Constabulary (Ireland) Act, 1874.” See s. 14.]


[Preamble.]
Preliminary.
Short title.                                                                                1. This Act may be cited as “The Slave Trade Act, 1873.”

Interpretation.                                                                                2. In this Act—
36 & 37 Vict. c. 59.
The term “vessel” means any vessel used in navigation:
The term “British possession” means any plantation, territory, settlement, or place situate within Her Majesty’s dominions, and not forming part of the United Kingdom:
The term “governor” includes the officer for the time being administering the government of any colony; and where there is a local governor or lieutenant-governor under a governor-general, means the local governor or lieutenant-governor :

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The term “foreign state” includes any foreign nation, people, tribe, sovereign, prince, chief, or headman :
The term “vessel of a foreign state” means a vessel which is justly entitled to claim the protection of the flag of a foreign state, or which would be so entitled if she did not lose such protection by being engaged in the slave trade :
The term “treaty” includes any convention, agreement, engagement, or arrangement:
The term “slave trade” when used in relation to any particular treaty does not include anything declared by such treaty not to be comprised in the term or in such treaty :
The term “Vice-Admiralty Court” does not include any Vice-Admiralty Court which for the time being has under its commission a limited jurisdiction only in matters relating to the slave trade :
The term “British slave court” means the High Court of Admiralty of England, every Vice-Admiralty Court in Her Majesty’s dominions out of the United Kingdom, and every East African Court for the time being within the meaning of the Slave Trade (East African Courts) Act, 1873 :
The term “slave court” means every British slave court, every mixed commission or court established under any existing slave trade treaty, and the court of any foreign state having jurisdiction to try and condemn a vessel engaged in the slave trade :
The term “existing slave trade treaty” means a treaty made by or on behalf of Her Majesty or Her Royal predecessors with any foreign state for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade and in force at the passing of this Act.

Seizure of Slave Ships.
Visitation and seizure by cruizers, &c. of suspected slave ships.                                 3. Where a vessel is, on reasonable grounds, suspected of being engaged in or fitted out for the slave trade, it shall (subject in the case either of the vessel of a foreign state, or of the commander or officer of a cruiser of a foreign state, to the limitations, restrictions, and regulations, if any, applicable thereto contained in any existing slave trade treaty made with such state) be lawful—
(a.) If the vessel is a British vessel, or is engaged in the slave trade within British jurisdiction, or is not a vessel of a foreign state, for any commander or officer of any of Her Majesty’s ships, for any officer bearing Her Majesty’s commission in the army or navy, for any officer of Her Majesty’s customs in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, or Isle of Man, for the governor of a British possession, or any person authorised by any such governor, and for any commander or officer of any cruiser of a foreign state authorised in pursuance of any existing slave trade treaty; and
(b.) If the vessel is the vessel of a foreign state, for any commander or officer of any of Her Majesty’s ships, when duly authorised in that behalf, in pursuance of any treaty with that state, and for any commander or officer of any cruiser of that foreign state,
to visit and seize and detain such vessel, and to seize and detain any person found detained or reasonably suspected of having been detained as a slave, for the purpose of the slave trade, on board any such vessel, and to carry away such vessel and person, together with the master and all persons, goods, and effects on board any such vessel, for the purpose of bringing in such vessel, person, goods, and effects for adjudication.

All vessels, slaves, persons, goods, and effects which may be forfeited under the enactments with which this Act is to be construed as one, as herein-after mentioned, may be visited, seized, and detained by any commander, officer, governor, or person authorised by this section to seize a British vessel.

Vessels equipped for traffic in slaves to be deemed engaged in the slave trade.                   4. Where any of the particulars mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act are found in the equipment or on board of any vessel visited, seized, or detained in pursuance of this Act, such vessel shall, unless the contrary be proved, be deemed to be fitted out for the purposes of and engaged in the slave trade, and in such case, even though the vessel is restored, no damages shall be awarded against the seizor under this Act in respect of such visitation, seizure, or detention, or otherwise upon such restoration.

Provided that this section shall not extend to the vessel of any foreign state except so far as may be consistent with the treaty made with such state.

Courts.
Jurisdiction of courts in regard to slave vessels, slaves, goods, and effects.                    5. The High Court of Admiralty of England and every Vice-Admiralty Court in Her Majesty’s dominions out of the United Kingdom shall have jurisdiction to try and condemn or restore any vessel, slave, goods, and effects, alleged to be seized, detained, or forfeited, in pursuance of this Act, and on restoring the same to award such damages in respect of the visitation, seizure, and detention of such vessel, goods, and effects, and of any person on board such vessel, and in respect of any act or thing done in relation to such visitation, seizure, or detention, or in respect of any of such matters, and in any case to make such order as to costs as, subject to the provisions of this Act and of any existing slave trade treaty, the court may think just.

Provided that nothing in this section shall give to any court any jurisdiction inconsistent with any existing slave trade treaty over a vessel which is shown to such court to be the vessel of any foreign state and which has not been engaged within British jurisdiction in the slave trade, but where any vessel of a foreign state is liable to be condemned by a British slave court, such court shall have the same jurisdiction as if she were a British vessel.

Each of the said courts shall have the same jurisdiction in regard to any person who has been seized, either at sea or on land, on the ground that he has or is suspected to have been detained as a slave, for the purpose of the slave trade, as the court would have under this section if he had been so detained on board a vessel that was seized and brought in for adjudication.

Proceedings upon seizure by a foreigner.                                                          6. Where any vessel or slave seized by the commander or officer of the cruiser of any foreign state is brought in for adjudication in a British slave court, all proceedings for the condemnation of such vessel and slave, and the goods and effects on board such vessel, shall be taken in the name of Her Majesty by some person duly authorised in that behalf.

Mixed Courts.
Appointment of judges, arbitrators, secretary, &c. to mixed courts and commissions.               7. Where any existing slave trade treaty contains provisions for the time being in force for the appointment of any mixed court or commission for deciding cases under such treaty, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to appoint such commissioners, judges, arbitrators, secretary, registrar, and other officers as are mentioned in such provisions.

There shall be paid to every commissioner, judge, arbitrator, secretary, registrar, and other officer so appointed, such salary as the Treasury may from time to time direct.

In case of the death, or sickness, or absence either on leave or from any other lawful impediment, of any such commissioner, judge, arbitrator, secretary, registrar, or other officer, whether British or not, the vacancy shall be temporarily filled in manner provided by the treaty.

Regulations as to powers of mixed courts.                                                         8. The regulations contained in any existing slave trade treaty for the time being in force with respect to any mixed court or commission, shall have effect as if they were enacted in this Act, and such court or commission shall have all necessary jurisdiction for the purpose of carrying into effect any treaty referring to them, and in particular shall have jurisdiction to try, condemn, and restore British vessels seized in pursuance of such treaty on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, and shall, for the purpose of their jurisdiction, have the same power as any Vice-Admiralty Court in Her Majesty’s dominions has, and may accordingly take evidence, administer oaths, summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses, and require and enforce the production of documents in like manner as any such court.

Disposal of Vessels and Slaves.
Disposal of condemned vessels.                                                                    9. A vessel seized in pursuance of this Act, when condemned by a slave court, may be taken into Her Majesty’s service upon payment of such sum as the Admiralty deem to be a proper price for the same (which sum is in this Act called the appraised value of such vessel), or if not so taken, shall be broken up, and the materials thereof shall be publicly sold in separate parts.

Provided that nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the government of any foreign state, under any treaty, to require such vessel to be broken up, or to take such vessel into its service upon payment of a sum fixed in accordance with such treaty, and any sum paid by the government of a foreign state for a vessel taken into its service after condemnation by a slave court shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the appraised value of the vessel.

Disposal of slaves.                                                                               10. Where any slaves are seized in pursuance of this Act, they shall, for the purpose only of seizure, prosecution, and condemnation, be deemed to be property, and shall be condemned as forfeited to the sole use of Her Majesty for the purpose only of divesting all other right or interest therein, and shall not be treated as slaves, but shall be provided for, pending the proceedings for their condemnation, in such manner, and shall on condemnation be disposed of in such manner, or delivered over to such persons, as the court having cognizance of the case may adjudge, subject to the regulations (if any) which are from time to time made by the Treasury; and the Treasury may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations for this purpose so that they be consistent with any provisions in this behalf contained in any existing slave trade treaty.

Bounties.
Bounty and other payments to seizors when British cruisers.                                       11. Where a vessel (whether British or not) or slave, goods or effects, seized in pursuance of this Act by any commander or officer of any one of Her Majesty’s ships, have been condemned by a slave court, there shall be paid to the commander, officers, and crew of such ship the following sums :
(1.) A slave bounty of five pounds for every slave so condemned who is delivered over, or, if the commander of the the ship so elect, a tonnage bounty of four pounds for every ton of the tonnage of the vessel condemned:
(2.) That part to which Her Majesty is entitled of the appraised value of the vessel condemned, or, if such vessel was broken up and the materials thereof publicly sold in separate parts, of the net proceeds of such sale after deducting the charges of prosecution :
(3.) Where the condemned vessel—
(a) was brought into port and was broken up in pursuance of the order of the slave court, and the materials thereof publicly sold in separate parts; or
(b) was abandoned or destroyed prior to condemnation, and the slave court by the decree of condemation declared that, after full consideration by the court of the circumstances of the case, the seizors had satisfied the court that such abandonment or destruction was inevitable, or otherwise under the circumstances proper and justifiable,
a further tonnage bounty at the rate of thirty shillings for every ton of the tonnage of the vessel; and
(4.) The net proceeds to which Her Majesty is entitled (after deducting the charges of prosecution) of any such goods and effects which the slave court ordered to be sold.

Where any slave so condemned is not delivered over in consequence of death, sickness, or other inevitable circumstances, the Treasury may, if they think fit, pay to the seizors of such slave one moiety of the slave bounty which would have been due in respect of such slave if he had been delivered over.

Bounty and other payments where vessel, slave, or goods not seized by cruisers.                   12. Where any vessel, slave, goods, or effects seized in pursuance of this Act otherwise than by the commander or officer of one of Her Majesty’s ships, or of the cruiser of the foreign state, have been condemned by a slave court, there shall be paid the following sums :
(1.) Two thirds of the appraised value of the vessel or (if the vessel was broken up and the materials thereof publicly sold in separate parts) of the net proceeds of such sale, and two thirds of the net proceeds of such goods and effects (after deducting from such appraised value or net proceeds the charges of prosecution) for the use of Her Majesty, to such persons as the Treasury may from time to time appoint, to be carried to the Consolidated Fund:
(2.) The remaining third part of the said appraised value or net proceeds of the vessel and of the net proceeds of such goods and effects to the person who lawfully seized and prosecuted the ship, goods, and effects respectively to condemnation :
(3.) For every slave so condemned who is delivered over, a slave bounty of five pounds to the person who prosecuted the same to condemnation.

Where any slave so condemned is not delivered over in consequence of death, sickness, or other inevitable circumstances, the Treasury may, if they think fit, pay in respect of such slave one moiety of the slave bounty which would have been due in respect of such slave if he had been delivered over.

Payment of proceeds of vessels, & c. when seized by a foreign cruiser.                            13. Where any vessel, goods, or effects have been seized in pursuance of this Act by the commander or officer of a cruiser of any foreign state, and been condemned by a British slave court, such portion of the appraised value of the vessel, or (if the vessel was broken up and the materials thereof publicly sold in separate parts) of the net proceeds of such sale, and of the net proceeds of the goods and effects, as is, under any treaty with such state, payable to the seizors, shall be paid to such person as the Treasury may direct, to be disposed of in accordance with such treaty.

Regulations as to payment of bounty.                                                              14. In order to obtain payment of the bounty, there shall be produced to the Treasury the following evidence, or such other evidence as the Treasury may deem sufficient; namely,
(a.) A copy, duly certified, of the decree of condemnation of the vessel or slave :
(b.) If any tonnage bounty is claimed, a certificate from some person authorised for the time being to act as a registrar of British ships of the dimensions and tonnage of the vessel:
(c.) If a slave bounty is claimed, a certificate from the person appointed to receive the slaves of the number of slaves condemned and delivered over.

For the purpose of bounty the tonnage of a vessel shall be calculated and ascertained in the like manner in which, for the time being, the tonnage of a vessel is calculated and ascertained for the purpose of registering the same as a British vessel, or, if the same cannot be satisfactorily ascertained in that matter, shall be ascertained in such manner as the Treasury may consider satisfactory.

Payment by Treasury of costs, damages, and expenses.                                              15. Where any visitation, seizure, detention, or prosecution purports to have been made or instituted in pursuance of this Act, the Treasury when required under any treaty shall, and in any other case may, if they think fit, pay the whole or any part of any costs, expenses, compensation, and damages which may have been awarded against the person making or instituting such visitation, seizure, detention, or prosecution, or any costs and expenses which may have been incurred in respect of the same, or on account of any person on board any vessel so visited, seized, or detained; but nothing in this section shall exempt the commander or officer of the ship, or other person by whom the visitation, seizure, detention, or prosecution was made or instituted from his liability to make good any sum so paid when required by the Treasury so to do, and when any such commander or officer, or other person serving under the Admiralty, or any person serving under any other department of the Government, is so required to make good any sum, that sum shall, if the Treasury so direct, be deducted by the Admiralty or other department of the Government, under whom such person is serving, from any payment to which such commander, officer, or person is entitled on account of salary, pay, prize, or bounty.

Payment and distribution of bounties and other sums. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 24.                         16. The bounties and all other sums payable by the Treasury in pursuance of this Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament for the purpose.

The provisions of the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, shall apply to all money payable to the commanders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s ships in pursuance of this Act.

Miscellaneous.
Protection of persons authorised to seize.                                                        17. All persons authorised to make seizures under this Act shall, in making and prosecuting any such seizure, have the benefit of all the protection granted to persons authorised to make seizures under any Act for the time being in force relating to Her Majesty’s customs in the United Kingdom, in like manner as if the enactments granting such protection were herein enacted, and in terms made applicable thereto.

Pendency of suit or decree a bar to proceeding for recovery of vessel, damages, &c.               18. In either of the following cases, namely,
(a.) Where any proceeding has been instituted in any slave court for the condemnation or restitution of any vessel, slave, goods, or effects purporting to have been seized in pursuance of this Act, and is still pending; or
(b.) Where any vessel, slave, goods, or effects purporting to have been seized in pursuance of this Act, have been condemned or restored, or any other final judgment has been pronounced thereon by any slave court,
the pendency of such proceeding, or the condemnation or restitution, or other final judgment thereon, as the case may be, shall be a complete bar to every legal proceeding whatever for the recovery of such vessel, slave, goods, or effects, or of damages for any costs, expenses, loss, or injury sustained by any person by or in consequence of the visitation, seizure, or detention of such vessel, slave, goods, or effects, or of any person on board such vessel, or by or in consequence of any act or thing done in relation to such visitation, seizure, or detention, or in pursuance of this Act or any existing slave trade treaty, and may be pleaded in bar, or given in evidence under the general issue.

Power of High Court of Admiralty of England as to bounties, reviewing and enforcing decrees, &c.  19. The High Court of Admiralty of England shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any question arising with respect to the right of any person to any payment in pursuance of this Act in respect of any condemned vessel, slave, goods, or effects, and any question of joint capture or seizure which may arise in respect of any vessel, slave, goods, or effects seized in pursuance of this Act, and also as well to review as to enforce any decree, declaration, or order of any British slave court made in pursuance of this Act.

Review of taxation by Registrar of Court of Admiralty.                                            20.[1] The registrar of the High Court of Admiralty of England may, on the application of any person aggrieved, or of the Treasury, tax or review the taxation of any costs, charges, or expenses incurred or alleged to be incurred in any proceeding taken in any British slave court, or in any mixed commission or court in Her Majesty’s dominions, and shall for this purpose have the same jurisdiction and powers as he has in the taxation of any costs, charges, or expenses incurred in any proceeding in the High Court of Admiralty.

Appeal by Treasury.                                                                               21. The Treasury may appeal from any decree, order, or declaration which is made by any British slave court in pursuance of this Act, and involves the payment by the Treasury of any bounty, costs, expenses, compensation, damages, or other moneys in like manner as if they were parties to the proceeding in which such decree, order, or declaration was made.

Prosecution for false evidence.                                                                   22. Any person who wilfully gives false evidence in any proceeding taken in pursuance of this Act in any slave court shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be liable to the like penalty as if he had been guilty of perjury, or in a British possession, of the offence, by whatever name called, which if committed in England would be perjury.

Returns by registrars.                                                                            23. The registrar of every British slave court, and if appointed by Her Majesty, of every other slave court, shall from time to time make returns of the cases adjudged in such court in pursuance of this Act, at such times and in such form and containing such particulars as may be from time to time directed by any rule established with respect to such court [1 under the Vice-Admiralty Courts, 1863], or if there is no such rule, by Order in Council.

26 Vict. c. 24.
Slave Trade Act, 1824.
Incorporation with unrepealed portions of 5 Geo. 4. c. 113.                                       24. This Act shall be construed as one with the enactments of the Slave Trade Act, 1824, and any enactments amending the same, so far as they are in force at the time of the passing of this Act, and are not repealed by this Act; and the expression “this Act,” when used in this Act, shall include those enactments.

Recovery of forfeitures under 5 Geo. 4. c. 113.                                                   25. All pecuniary forfeitures and penalties imposed by the said enactments, with which this Act is to be construed as one, may be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered in any Court of Record or of Vice-Admiralty in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions wherein the offence was committed, or where the offender may be, in like manner as any penalty or forfeiture incurred in the United Kingdom under any Act for the time being in force relating to Her Majesty’s Customs, or (in the case of the High Court of Admiralty or of a Court of Vice-Admiralty) in like manner as any vessel seized in pursuance of this Act.

Such pecuniary penalties and forfeitures shall, subject to the express provisions of the said enactments, be paid and applied in like manner as the net proceeds of a vessel seized otherwise than by the commander or officer of one of Her Majesty’s ships, or of the cruiser of a foreign state.

Jurisdiction of court over offences under 5 Geo. 4. c. 113.                                       26. Any offence against this Act or the said enactments with which this Act is to be construed as one, or otherwise in connexion with the slave trade, shall for all purposes of and incidental to the trial and punishment of a person guilty of such offence, and all proceedings and matters preliminary and incidental to and consequential on such trial and punishment, and for all purposes of and incidental to the jurisdiction of any court, constable, and officer with reference to such offence, be deemed to have been committed either in the place in which the offence was committed, or in the county of Middlesex, or in any place in which the person guilty of the offence may for the time being be, either in Her Majesty’s dominions, or in any foreign port or place in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction; and the offence may be described in any indictment or other document relating thereto as having been committed at the place where it was wholly or partly committed, or as having been committed on the high seas or out of Her Majesty’s dominions, and the venue or local description in the margin may be that of the place in which the trial is held.

17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.
Where any such offence is commenced at one place and completed at another, the place at which such offence is to be deemed to have been committed shall be either the place where the offence was commenced or the place where the offence was completed.

Where a person being in one place is accessory to or aids or abets in any such offence committed in another place, the place at which such offence is to be deemed to have been committed shall be either the place in which the offence was actually committed or the place where the offender was at the time of his being so accessory, aiding, or abetting.

Where it appears to any court or the judge of any court having jurisdiction to try any such offence that the removal of an offender charged with such offence to some other place in Her Majesty’s dominions for trial would be conducive to the interests of justice, such court or judge may by warrant, or instrument in the nature of a warrant, direct such removal, and such offender may be removed and tried accordingly; and section two hundred and sixty-eight of the [1] Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, shall apply to the removal of an offender under this section in the same manner as if the term “consular officer” in that section included the court or judge making such warrant or instrument.

Extension of 33 & 34 Vict. c. 52. to slave trade offences.                                        27. Offences committed against this Act or the enactments with which this Act is to be construed as one or otherwise in connexion with the slave trade, whether committed on the high seas or on land, or partly on the high seas or partly on land, shall be deemed to be inserted in the First Schedule to the Extradition Act, 1870, and that Act, and any Act amending the same, shall be construed accordingly.

Application of Act.
Application of Act to cases already adjudicated.                                                  28. This Act shall apply to all cases of vessels, slaves, goods, and effects seized and adjudicated upon by any slave court, whether before or after the passing of this Act.

Extension of Act to future treaties.                                                              29. Where any treaty in relation to the slave trade is made after the passing of this Act, by or on behalf of Her Majesty, with any foreign state, Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that as from such date, not being earlier than the date of the treaty, as may be specified in the order, such treaty shall be deemed, and thereupon (as from the said date, or if no date is specified as from the date of such order) such treaty shall be deemed to be an existing slave trade treaty within the meaning of this Act, and all the provisions of this Act shall apply and be construed accordingly.

Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent order referring to the same treaty, render the application of this Act subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient.

Every such order shall recite or embody the terms of the treaty so far as they relate to the slave trade, and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within six weeks after it is made, or, if Parliament be not then sitting, within six weeks after the then next meeting of Parliament, and shall also be published in the London Gazette.

A treaty, whether made before or after the passing of this Act, which ceases to be in force shall cease to be an existing slave trade treaty within the meaning of this Act.

[S. 30 rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]

FIRST SCHEDULE.
Equipments which are primâ facie Evidence of a Vessel being engaged in the Slave Trade.

Sect. 4 .
First.—Hatches with open gratings, instead of the close hatches which are usual in merchant vessels.

Secondly.—Divisions or bulkheads in the hold or on deck more numerous than are necessary for vessels engaged in lawful trade.

Thirdly.—Spare plank fitted for being laid down as a second or slave deck.

Fourthly.—Shackles, bolts, or handcuffs.
Fifthly.—A larger quantity of water in casks or in tanks than is requisite for the consumption of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Sixthly.—An extraordinary number of water casks or of other vessels for holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the custom house at the place from which he cleared outwards, stating that a sufficient security had been given by the owners of such vessel that such extra quantity of casks or of other vessels should only be used for the reception of palm oil, or for other purposes of lawful commerce.

Seventhly.—A greater quantity of mess tubs or kids than are requisite for the use of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Eighthly.—A boiler or other cooking apparatus of an unusual size, and larger or fitted for being or capable of being made larger than requisite for the use of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel, or more than one boiler or other cooking apparatus of the ordinary size.

Ninthly.—An extraordinary quantity either of rice or of the flour of Brazil, manioc, or cassada, commonly called farinha, of maize or of Indian corn, or of any other article of food whatever, beyond what might probably be requisite for the use of the crew, such rice, flour, maize, Indian corn, or other article of food not being entered on the manifest as part of the cargo for trade.

Tenthly.—A quantity of mats or matting larger than is necessary for the use of the crew of the vessel as a merchant vessel.

Eleventhly.—Any other equipment, article, or thing, which is declared by any existing slave trade treaty to be primâ facie evidence of a vessel being engaged in the slave trade.

[Second Sched. rep. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 39. (S.L.R.)]
[1 S. 20, as far as relates to the taxation of any costs, charges, and expenses which can be taxed in pursuance of 53 & 54 Vict. c. 27 is. rep. by s. 18 of that Act as respects any British possession as from the commencement of that Act in that possession, and as respects any courts out of Her Majesty’s dominions as from the date of any Order applying that Act.]

[1 Words in brackets rep. 53 & 54 Vict. c. 27. as respects any British possession as from the commencement of that Act in that possession, and as respects any courts out of Her Majesty’s dominions as from the date of any Order applying that Act.]

[1 This Act is rep. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. s. 745, see now that Act.]


1 & 2 Vict. c. 36.
12 & 13 V ct. c. 91
‘Whereas under several Acts of Parliament the Building, Repair, and Preservation of the Quay Walls of the River Anna Liffey was intrusted to the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, and in consideration thereof a certain Assessment or Frontage Rate was imposed upon Grounds, Houses, and Buildings adjoining and fronting any of the Quays of said River: And whereas by an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin, it is recited, that the Quay Walls Westward of the Bridge called Carlisle Bridge, and extending to the Bridge called Barrack Bridge, had been built, and were then in good Order and Repair, and would not require for the maintaining or repairing of the same a Sum equal to the full Amount of the Duty or Rate theretofore leviable upon the Inhabitants of that Part of said Quays; and it was thereby enacted, that from and after the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight the said Rate or Duty theretofore payable to or leviable by the said Corporation within the Limits aforesaid, and all Arrears thereof, should cease and determine, and should not be any longer leviable by the said Corporation: And whereas it was by the last-mentioned Act further enacted, that whenever the said Corporation should on the First sitting Day of any Easter or Michaelmas Term causeto be laid before the Court of Queen’s Bench, signed with the proper Names and Handwriting of any Three Members of the said Corporation, and sealed with their Corporate Seal, an Estimate of the probable Expense of executing or making any Repairs which at any Time or Times should be wanting on or by the said Quay Walls within the Limits aforesaid, verified by the Affidavit of Two skilful Persons, or by the Affidavit of the Ballast Master for the Time being of the said Corporation, the said Court of Queen’s Bench should in each and every such Case charge the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Dublin and the Grand Jury of the County of Dublin to meet in One Room at a certain Time to be named by the said Court, and that it should then be lawful to and for the said Grand Juries, when so assembled, or any Twenty-four Members thereof, and they were thereby required, to present the whole Amount of the Estimate so laid before them to be raised and levied by One Instalment or by equal half-yearly Instalments at every Easter and Michaelmas Term on and out of all Houses and other Buildings erected or to be erected within the District of the Metropolis, and to be paid by all and every the Owners or Occupiers thereof, and for the raising of such Sum on the said Inhabitants, as the Case might be, to present a certain Rate of Assessment, which should be agreed on by the said Grand Juries or any Twenty-four Members thereof, of a certain Sum in the Pound to be levied on the Value of all such Houses or other Buildings according to the Valuation by which they were then or thereafter might be valued or rated for or towards the Maintenance of the Police Establishment of the said District, and that it should be lawful for the said Grand Juries or any Twenty-four Members thereof to make such Presentment as aforesaid, whether they should have been approved of by the Presentment Sessions for such Counties respectively or not: And whereas in and by an Act of Parliament passed in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of Her present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin, it is enacted, that from and after the Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty the several Powers, Duties, and Authorities of applotting, levying, and collecting the Rates, Cesses, Taxes, and Rents specified in Schedule (A.) to the said last-mentioned Act annexed should cease to be exercised by the Bodies Politic or Corporate, Boards, Commissioners, or Persons empowered by any Act or Acts to applot, levy, and collect the same, but should be vested in and exercised by the Collector General of Rates in the said last-named Act of Parliament mentioned, and should be performed in the Manner in the said last-mentioned Act directed: And whereas in and by an Act passed in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Years of Her present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “The Dublin Improvement Act, 1849,” it is enacted, that on and after the Day on which the said Acts should come into operation, all the Powers and Duties of the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Dublin and the Sessions Grand Jury of the City of Dublin, in relation to the presenting and levying of Rates or Cesses as aforesaid, should cease and determine within the said Borough, and that from the Time aforesaid all the Powers theretofore exercised by or vested in relation to the presenting and levying of Rates and Cesses for local Purposes within the Borough of Dublin in the said Grand Jury or said Sessions Grand Jury should be transferred and be solely exercised by the Council of the said Borough; and it is thereby enacted, that the Council of the said Borough should fix a Time once in every Year to receive Applications for all Things then authorized to be done by the Grand Jury of the County of the City of Dublin or the said Sessions Grand Jury in relation to fiscal Matters, Rates, or Cesses within the Borough of Dublin, and that such Applications should be made in like Form as the same were then authorized to be made in Cases of Application for Presentments, and that immediately after the Day so fixed for receiving such Applications the Council should proceed to investigate such Applications, and decide upon them at an open Meeting of the said Council or of a Committee thereof authorized in that Behalf, and that a Schedule of such Applications as might be agreed to with respect to Grand Jury Cess should be made out by the Town Clerk, who should lodge the same Two clear Days before the First Day of Hilary Term in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and Two clear Days before the First Day of Michaelmas Term in said Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and Two clear Days before the First Day of Michaelmas Term in every succeeding Year, with the Clerk of the Crown of the Queen’s Bench, and that a Schedule of such Applications as might be agreed to with respect to Sessions Grand Jury Cess should be made by the said Town Clerk, who should lodge the same in every Year subsequent to the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one Two clear Days before the First Day of October Quarter Sessions in every succeeding Year with the Clerk of the Peace for the City of Dublin, and that thereupon it should be lawful for the Court of Queen’s Bench or any Judge of the said Court and the Recorder of the City of Dublin respectively to fix Days for the Consideration of the said Presentments, and that on such Days at least Twenty Members of the said Council should attend the said Court or Judge or Recorder respectively, and that the said Court, Judge, or Recorder respectively, after hearing all Parties affected by or interested in such Presentments, should make such Orders therein, and should allow or disallow the same or any of them or any Portion thereof, as to the said Court, Judge, or Recorder respectively should seem fit, and should fiat the same or any Portions thereof, according as same should be allowed either by the full Court or by any of the Judges thereof or the Recorder respectively: And whereas since the passing of the said last-mentioned Act a certain Portion of the Quay Wall of the said River within the Limits herein-before mentioned required to be repaired, and the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin have repaired the Breach in said Walls, and expended a Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence in and about making said Repairs, and which said Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence hath not been assessed, applotted, or levied, nor hath it been repaid to the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, nor can the same, by reason of the Alterations made in the Mode of raising and levying Rates formerly raised and levied by the Grand Juries of the County of the City of Dublin, be now raised or levied under or by virtue of the Provisions of the said herein-before recited Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty: And whereas it is necessary to make Provision for the Purpose of reimbursing the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin in the said Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence so expended in and about the said Repairs heretofore made, and for the future maintaining and repairing of the said Quay Walls, and for repairing or rebuilding the several Bridges between Carlisle Bridge and Barrack Bridge, and including the said Two Bridges, under and by virtue of the Powers and Provisions of the said Acts herein-before named, that is to say, the “Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin” and the Dublin Improvement Act, and of this Act, in the Manner herein-after mentioned, and that all and every Sum and Sums of Money which it may be hereafter necessary to raise or levy for the Purpose of the Maintenance, Preservation, or Reparation of the said Portion of the said Quay Wall herein-before specified and the repairing or rebuilding all the said Bridges, shall be estimated, assessed, applotted, collected, raised, and paid over to the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, under the Powers and Provisions of the said Two last-mentioned Acts and of this Act, in the Manner herein-after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
Certain Sums to be included by Town Clerk in Schedule of Applications previous to Michaelmas Term.                    I. The Town Clerk of the City of Dublin shall include and insert in the Schedule of such Applications as shall be agreed to with respect to Grand Jury Cess previous to next Michaelmas Term an Application by and on behalf of the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin for the said Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence so expended by the said Corporation in and about the said Repairs of the said Quay Wall as aforesaid, and also a Sum of Thirty-two Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Fivepence, being Two Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum on the said Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence, for the Costs of Collection, and that the said Court of Queen’s Bench, or any Judge thereof who shall preside in the said Court when the Applications contained in such Schedule shall be brought before him for Consideration, shall allow and fiat the Sum of One thousand three hundred and forty-three Pounds Twelve Shillings and Fourpence to and for the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin.

When Application fiated, the said Sum shall be applotted, &c. by Collector General, as defined by 6 & 7 W. 4. c. 29.  II. When and immediately after the said Application shall be so fiated, the said Sum of One thousand three hundred and forty-three Pounds Twelve Shillings and Fourpence shall be applotted, assessed, raised, and levied by the said Collector General of Rates appointed by the said Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin, in the same Manner as the Police Rate, on and out of all Houses and other Buildings erected within the District of Dublin Metropolis, as defined or authorized to be defined by an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis, and any other Act amending the same: The said Collector General of Rates shall have all the same Powers and Authorities for applotting, assessing, levying, and collecting, lodging, disbursing, and paying over the said Sum of One thousand two hundred and forty-three Pounds Twelve Shillings and Fourpence, and any Arrears in respect of the same, as are now vested in him for applotting, assessing, levying, and collecting the Police Rates in the said District of Dublin Metropolis, under and by virtue of the said last-mentioned Act, or otherwise howsoever.

Sum when collected to be paid into Bank.                                                                              III. When and as the said Sum shall be so collected and levied, the Sum of One thousand three hundred and ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Elevenpence shall be lodged in the Bank of Ireland to the Credit of an Account for the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, to the separate Account to be kept therein with the said Corporation as herein-after mentioned, and to be paid to the said Corporation in discharge of the said Sum so expended by them as before mentioned.

Ballast Board to furnish Estimates for Repair of Quay Wall, and Levies to be made, if Estimates approved.             IV. From and after the passing of this Act, and when and so often as it shall be necessary to expend any such Sum or Sums of Money for the Purpose of preserving or repairing the said Portion of the said Quay Wall herein-before mentioned, and also for the Purpose of repairing or rebuilding all the said Bridges, the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin shall, on or before the First Day of September in every Year, by their Secretary or other public Officer, estimate and ascertain, as nearly as may be, the Amounts of the Sums of Money which they shall deem to be so necessary for preserving and repairing the said Portion of the said Quay Wall for Twelve Months next following the First Day of January in each Year, by the Name of the Quay Wall Tax, and also for repairing or rebuilding the said Bridges; and the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin shall, by their Secretary or other public Officer, sign and certify such Estimate, and transmit the same, on or before the First Day of September in every Year, to the Town Clerk of the City of Dublin; and immediately after the Day fixed by the Council of the said Borough of Dublin for receiving such Applications the said Council shall proceed to investigate such Estimate or Application, and decide upon them at an open Meeting of the said Council or of a Committee thereof authorized in that Behalf, in the same Manner as the said Council is authorized and empowered in respect of other Presentments; and if the said Estimate or Application should be agreed to by the said Council or Committee thereof, then the said Estimate or Application shall be inserted by the Town Clerk of the said Borough in the Schedule of Applications agreed to by the said Town Council, according to the Provisions of the Dublin Improvement Act, 1849, to be made out; and every such Estimate or Application shall be subject to such Consideration by the Court of Queen’s Bench or any Judge thereof, and to such Orders, Allowance, or Disallowance by such Court or Judge respectively, and also to such Traverses or Objections, as is provided with respect to Applications or Presentments in and by the said last-mentioned Act authorized to be made.

If Estimate not approved of, Application to be made to Court at Time of fiating Presentments.                         V. In case any such Estimate or Application shall not be sanctioned by the said Council, the Parties making such Application shall be at liberty (on giving Six Days Notice of his Intention to do so) to bring the same before the Court or Judge respectively at the Time of fiating Presentments, and if it shall appear to the said Court or Judge respectively that such Presentment or Presentments should have been made, the same shall be added to the Schedules sent by the Town Clerk, under the separate Heading “Quay Wall Tax” or “Bridge Tax” respectively, as the Case may be.

Sums to be applotted and raised same as the Police Rate.                                                              VI. The Amount of such Sum and Sums as shall from Time to Time be so presented or fiated as aforesaid shall be applotted, raised, and levied by the Collector General of Rates in the same Manner as the Police Rate, and that all the Provisions by the said Act called “The Act to provide for the Collection of Rates in the City of Dublin,” provided for the applotting, assessing, raising, levying, lodging, accounting for, auditing, and paying over the Sums in the said Acts in that Behalf mentioned, shall extend and be applicable to the said Quay Wall Tax and Bridge Tax respectively, as fully as if the same had been specifically mentioned in the said Act, and been declared to be One of the Rates leviable thereunder: Provided, however, that the said Quay Wall Tax and Bridge Tax respectively shall be raised and levied on and out of all Houses and other Buildings erected within the said District of Dublin Metropolis as aforesaid; and the said Monies so levied shall be lodged in the Bank of Ireland to the Credit of an Account for the said Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, to a separate Account to be called “The Quay Wall and Bridge Tax Accounts.”

So much of 1& 2 Vict. c.36. as inconsistent with this Act, &c. repealed.                                              VII. So much of the said Act called An Act to make further Provisions and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin, or of every other Act respecting the Quay Walls, as is contradictory to or inconsistent with the Provisions of this Act, shall be and is hereby repealed.

Parts of Acts herein recited incorporated.                                                                            VIII. So much of the several Acts as are herein-before recited, and as shall or may be found necessary for the Purposes of this Act, shall be considered, deemed, and taken to be incorporated herein.

Commencement of Act.                                                                                IX. This Act shall commence and take effect from the Tenth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.


[Preamble.]
[Ss. 1, 2 rep. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 14. (S.L.R.)]
Mode of preparing Exchequer bills.                                                                                3. All Exchequer bills which shall be made out and issued under the authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament shall be prepared and made out at the Bank of England, in such method and form, with coupons for the interest becoming due from time to time thereon for any term not exceeding five years from the date thereof, and under such regulations, as the Treasury shall think most safe and convenient; and it shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time, by warrant under their hands, countersigned by the Comptroller and Auditor General, to cause or direct such Exchequer bills to be prepared and made out, either of one common sum, or different sums, for the principal moneys therein contained, and to be respectively numbered arithmetically;: Provided always, that all acts relating to Exchequer bills directed by this Act to be done by the Comptroller and Auditor General shall, in the event of his illness or absence from his office, be done by the Assistant Comptroller and Auditor
Counterfoils.                                                                                4. All the said Exchequer bills shall be prepared and made out with such counterfoils as shall be directed by the Treasury; and, unless otherwise directed by the Treasury, two counterfoils shall be made to every such Exchequer bill; one of such counterfoils shall remain in the custody of the Bank of England for their use, to prevent their being imposed upon by counterfeit or forged bills; and when the Exchequer bills shall have been paid off, cancelled, and discharged, and the account thereof shall have been audited and allowed, it shall be lawful for the Treasury to authorize and direct the Bank of England to burn or otherwise destroy the said counterfoils, as being of no further use to the public service; the second of such counterfoils shall, unless by special direction of the Treasury, be delivered to and remain in the custody of the Comptroller and Auditor General, subject to such directions as shall be given by the Treasury from time to time for keeping, or burning, or otherwise destroying the same.

Date and rate of interest on Exchequer bills.                                                                        5. All such Exchequer bills shall bear date on such days and shall bear interest at such rate as may from time to time be fixed by the Treasury, such interest not to exceed the rate of five pounds and ten shillings per centum per annum upon and in respect of the principal moneys respectively contained therein, and to be payable half-yearly at the Bank of England, under such regulations as shall be prescribed in that respect by the Treasury.

Mode of issue of Exchequer bills.                                                                                6.1 It shall be lawful for the Treasury, by warrant under their hands, countersigned by the Comptroller and Auditor General, to authorize and direct the Bank of England from time to time to issue and deliver such amount and number of Exchequer bills as shall be prepared in pursuance of any Act of Parliament to such person or officer as may be named in such warrant, and such person or officer shall thereafter become chargeable and be charged with such amount of Exchequer bills as may be delivered to him, subject to such directions as may be issued to him by the Treasury for the sale and application of the proceeds of such Exchequer bills, or for delivering such bills in exchange for other bills, as herein-after enacted; and such person or officer shall be discharged from all account in respect of such Exchequer bills on proving to the satisfaction of the Comptroller and Auditor General that he has duly obeyed the directions of the Treasury: Provided always, that the Treasury shall not be so authorized to direct the issue of such Exchequer bills to such person or officer except for the purpose of raising money to be paid to the account of Her Majesty's Exchequer at the Bank of England, and carried to the account of the Consolidated Fund, or to be exchanged for other Exchequer bills to be cancelled.

Exchequer bills to be charged on the Consolidated Fund.                                                              7. The principal moneys contained in all such Exchequer bills, and all interest due thereupon from time to time, shall be charged upon and be payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, or out of the growing produce thereof.

Exchequer bills to be advertised for payment annually.                                                               8. The Treasury shall, on some day not later than ten days prior to the expiration of each twelve months from the respective dates of such Exchequer bills, during their legal currency, give notice in the London Gazette of the day or days on which, if claimed, payment will be made to the holders of such bills of the principal moneys therein contained, and of the day or days on which such claim must be made, by delivery of the said bills for examination; and such payment shall be made to such holders at the Bank of England, under such regulations as the Treasury shall prescribe; and if payment of such principal moneys shall not be so claimed, then the Exchequer bills not so paid off shall continue to have legal currency for the next following twelve months, and so on from year to year, until such principal moneys shall be claimed by and paid to such holders, or until such Exchequer bill, the coupons of which shall be exhausted, shall be exchanged for new bills, as herein-after provided; but such holders shall have no title to claim payment of such principal moneys at any interval of time between the times fixed by such yearly notices, except as provided in section nine of this Act.

Bills to continue to have legal currency until paid off or exchanged for new ones.

Exchequer bills to be received in payment of duties payable to Her Majesty.                                          9. At any time in the last six months of every year from the day of the date thereof in which Exchequer bills shall have currency by law such Exchequer bills shall be received and taken, and shall pass and be current for the principal moneys contained therein, to all the receivers and collectors in the United Kingdom of the Customs, Excise, or any duties or revenue whatsoever, already granted, due, or payable, or which shall hereafter be granted, due, or payable to Her Majesty, and also at the Bank of England on account of the Exchequer, from the said receivers or collectors, or from any other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate whatsoever, making any payment there to Her Majesty, according to the purport and true meaning of this Act, and so on from year to year during the last six months of every year in which such Exchequer bills shall have currency by law, as provided in section eight of this Act; but such Exchequer bills shall not be receivable for duties granted to Her Majesty at any time or times except during such last six months of every such year: Provided always, that all such Exchequer bills as shall be tendered in payment of duties by virtue of this Act shall be transmitted by the receivers thereof to the Bank of England for examination; and no such Exchequer bills shall be finally accepted in payment of such duties until they shall have been so examined and verified by the said Bank of England.

Interest due on Exchequer bills paid for revenue to be allowed to persons paying the same.                           10. The interest which shall from time to time be due upon any Exchequer bill or bills which may be payable in part of any duties granted to Her Majesty shall be allowed to all persons, bodies politic and corporate, paying the same to any receiver or collector of any duties granted to Her Majesty, to the respective days upon which such bill or bills shall be so paid: Provided always, that all interest upon or for any such bill or bills so paid into the hands of any of the said receivers or collectors, or into the Bank of England on account of the Exchequer, shall cease on and from the day of such payment.

Future interest on such bills to cease.
When such bills are so paid for duties, the parties paying shall write their names and the date of payment thereon.  11. And to the end it may be known for what time such bills bearing interest shall from time to time remain in the hands of such receivers or collectors, or in the Bank of England on account of the Exchequer, as aforesaid, the person or persons who shall pay any such bill or bills so bearing interest to any receiver or collector of any duties granted to Her Majesty, or into the Bank of England on account of the Exchequer, shall at the time of making such payment write upon each such bill his, her, or their name or names, and the day of the month, in words at length, and the year in which such bill or bills bearing interest shall be so paid, all which the said receivers and collectors respectively, and also the proper officers of the Bank of England, shall take care to see done and performed accordingly; to which respective days the said receivers and collectors shall be allowed again the interest which he or they shall have allowed or paid upon such respective bill or bills, upon his or their paying the same into the Bank of England on account of the Exchequer.

[S. 12 (authorizing the Treasury to issue bills in lieu of bills paid off in money or paid in for duties) rep. 40 & 41 Vict. c. 2. s. 6.]

Power to Treasury to issue new Exchequer bills, to replace bills with exhausted coupons.                             13. Whenever any such Exchequer bills issued under the authority of any Act or Acts shall remain outstanding and undischarged, all the coupons of which issued therewith for the interest due thereon shall have become payable, it shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time to order the preparation and issue of a like amount of Exchequer bills, with coupons for the half-yearly interest becoming due from time to time thereon for any term not exceeding five years from the date thereof, in exchange for and to replace such Exchequer bills with exhausted coupons; and the Treasury shall, on some day not later than twenty-one days prior to the day on which the last half-yearly coupons for interest on such bills shall become due, give notice in the London Gazette of the days on which such Exchequer bills with exhausted coupons may be brought in to be exchanged for new bills with coupons for the half-yearly interest becoming due thereon, and of the day or days on which such new bills will be delivered in exchange: Provided, that if such bills advertised for exchange shall not be brought in for exchange within the period stated in the notice (or for payment as herein-before provided), the interest on such bills shall cease on the day of exchange, and the principal moneys of such bills, when thereafter presented for payment, shall be paid off in money.

Exchequer bills defaced to be exchanged for new bills.                                                               14. In case any of such Exchequer bills shall by any accident be defaced, it shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time to cause a new bill or new bills to be made out in lieu of the bill or bills which shall be so defaced, which bill or bills so defaced shall be cancelled; and such bill or bills so to be made out in lieu thereof shall have a like currency, and shall in all respects be subject to the same rules and continuance, as the bills or bills so defaced, and shall bear the same numbers, dates, and principal sums, and carry the like interest, as was borne and carried by the bill or bills so cancelled respectively.

Forgery of Exchequer bills.                                                                                15. If any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit any such Exchequer bill or coupon for interest, or any indorsement or writing thereupon or therein, or tender in payment any such forged or counterfeited bill, or any Exchequer bill with such counterfeit indorsement or writing thereon, or shall demand to have such counterfeit bill, or any Exchequer bill with such counterfeit indorsement or writing thereupon or therein, exchanged for ready money or for another Exchequer bill, by any person or persons, body or bodies public or corporate, who shall be obliged or required to exchange the same, or by any other person or persons whatsoever, knowing the bill so tendered in payment, or demanded to be exchanged, or the indorsement or writing thereupon or therein, to be forged or counterfeited, and with intent to defraud Her Majesty or the persons to be appointed to pay off the same, or any of them, or to pay any interest thereupon, or the person or persons, body or bodies politic or corporate, who shall contract or circulate or exchange the same, or any of them, or any other person or persons, body or bodies politic or corporate, then every such person or persons so offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall suffer accordingly.

Provision for payment of sums due on Exchequer bills proved to have been accidentally lost or destroyed.             16. In case proof shall be made on the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses, before the barons of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, or any of them, that any such Exchequer bill has, by casualty or mischance, been lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed, before the same shall have been paid off and discharged, and if by such oath or oaths the numbers and sums of such bill or bills shall be ascertained, and the said barons, or any of them, before whom such oath or oaths shall be made shall certify that he or they are satisfied with such proof, then and in every such case the Treasury are hereby authorized to cause the money due upon such bill or bills so lost, burnt, or destroyed to be paid in like manner as if the original bill or bills were brought in to be paid off; provided that the person or persons so receiving the money do give security to the Queen, to the good liking of the person or persons appointed or who shall be appointed as aforesaid to pay off and take in the said bills, to pay in to the receipt of the Exchequer, for the use of the public, so much money as shall be paid upon such certificate or certificates, if the bill or bills so certified to be lost, burnt, or destroyed shall be thereafter produced.

Fractions of a penny for interest not payable.                                                                       17. As often as any interest upon any such Exchequer bill or bills shall be demanded to be paid, the persons charged with the payment of the same shall not be obliged to pay for such interest any less sum than one penny upon such bill, in case a single bill be produced, or for the total of the interest of such bills, where two or more shall be offered at one time by the same person.

Manufacture of paper for Exchequer bills.                                                                            18. The Bank of England, or such person or persons as the Treasury shall direct, shall cause to be provided such paper and such machinery as may be necessary for the making of paper to be used as such Exchequer bills, and to receive the impression of the dies, plates, or other instruments which have been or shall be provided, made, or used, under the direction of the Treasury, for Exchequer bills, which paper shall have such distinguishing marks in the substance of the same as the Treasury shall from time to time order; and it shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time, as they shall see fit, to direct the alteration of any such distinguishing marks, either by the removal of any of them, and the substitution of other distinguishing marks, or by any change in the position or arrangement thereof; and all such machinery shall be provided, and all such paper shall be made, under such regulations and by such person or persons as the said Bank of England or other person or persons directed by the Treasury shall from time to time appoint for that purpose; and all the said machinery shall be kept by such officer or officers or other person as the said Bank of England or other person or persons directed by the Treasury shall appoint; and all the paper so made shall, as the same is required, be delivered over to the Bank of England, or to such officer or warehouse keeper as they shall direct to receive and take charge of the same.

Paper already or hereafter made and supplied to be subject to the provisions of this Act.                            19. And whereas certain quantities of paper have been made and manufactured, under the superintendence of officers of the Inland Revenue, by directions of the Comptroller General of the Exchequer and the Treasury, and have been supplied to the said Comptroller General, with certain lines or threads appearing in the substance of such paper, according to the samples thereof which were delivered to and kept in the office of the Comptroller General: Be it enacted, that all the paper so made and supplied, or which hereafter shall be made or supplied, shall be subject to all the enactments of this Act, in the same manner as if the same had been made and supplied under the enactments herein contained.

Making or using paper, plates, &c., intended to imitate those used for Exchequer bills.                              20. Every person who shall make, or cause or procure to be made, or shall aid or assist in making, or shall knowingly have in his possession, not being legally authorized by the Treasury, and without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused), any instrument having therein any distinguishing marks peculiar to and appearing in the substance of any paper provided or to be provided or used for Exchequer bills, or any machinery for working such distinguishing marks into the substance of any paper, and intended to imitate such distinguishing marks, or any plate peculiarly employed for printing Exchequer bills, or any die peculiarly used for preparing any such plate, or for sealing such Exchequer bills, or any plate or die intended to imitate such plates or dies respectively; and also every person, except as before excepted, who shall make or cause or procure to be made, or aid or assist in making, any paper in the substance of which shall appear any distinguishing marks peculiar to and appearing in the substance of any paper provided or to be provided or used for Exchequer bills, or any part of such distinguishing marks, and intended to imitate the same; and also every person, except as before excepted, who shall knowingly have in his possession, without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused), any paper whatever, in the substance whereof shall appear any such distinguishing marks, or any part of such distinguishing marks, and intended to imitate the same; and also every person, except as before excepted, who shall cause or assist in causing any such distinguishing marks, or any part of such distinguishing marks, and intended to imitate the same, to appear in the substance of any paper whatever, or who shall take or assist in taking any impression of any such plate or die as aforesaid, shall be guilty of felony.

Persons unlawfully in possession of such paper, plates, &c. guilty of misdemeanor.                                   21. Every person not lawfully authorized, and without lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused), who shall purchase, or receive, or take, and have in his custody, any paper manufactured and provided by or under the direction of the Treasury for the purpose of being used as Exchequer bills, before such paper shall have been duly stamped, signed, and issued for public use, or any such plate or die as aforesaid, shall for every such offence be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall, at the discretion of the court before whom he shall be tried, be imprisoned for any period not more than three years nor less than six calendar months.

Payment of principal and interest of bills.                                                                          22. It shall be lawful for the Treasury at any time or times to give directions for paying off and discharging the principal of any Exchequer bills which may be issued in pursuance of any Act of Parliament, and the interest thereon due and payable, at the Bank of England, at such time and in such manner as to them shall seem most convenient and beneficial to the public service.

Exchequer bills discharged to be cancelled.                                                                          23. All Exchequer bills which from time to time shall be discharged and paid off shall be cancelled and made void at the Bank of England, by such person or persons who shall be appointed to pay off and discharge the same.

Old outstanding Exchequer bills charged on Consolidated Fund.                                                        24. All Exchequer bills formerly charged by any Act or Acts on supplies granted or to be granted by Parliament, or upon the Consolidated Fund, and which shall be outstanding after the passing of this Act, and the interest thereon, shall be charged upon and be payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, or out of the growing produce thereof.

Provisions of sects. 8 to 23 to apply to all outstanding Exchequer bills.                                            25. All the provisions and penalties of this Act contained in sections eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three, shall be applied and extended to such Exchequer bills made out and issued in pursuance of any former Act or Acts as shall remain outstanding after the commencement of this Act.

Provisions of sects. 3 to 6, 14, and 16 to 24 to apply to all Exchequer bonds.                                       26. The several sections three, four, five, six, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four of this Act, applicable to Exchequer bills, shall apply and be construed to and in relation to all Exchequer bonds to be made out and issued from and after the commencement of this Act, under the authority of any Act or Acts of Parliament, as well as to such Exchequer bonds made out and issued in pursuance of any former Act or Acts as shall remain outstanding after the commencement of this Act, so far as the same are applicable, in like manner, and as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if such several sections had heen particularly repeated and enacted in this Act in relation to such Exchequer bonds: Provided always, that such Exchequer bonds may be made out and issued from and after the commencement of this Act with coupons for the interest becoming due thereon from time to time for any term not exceeding six years from the date thereof.

Registration of Exchequer bonds, issue and transfer of certificates.                                                 27. It shall be lawful for the Treasury from time to time, by warrant under their hands, to provide, if they shall see fit, for the registration of any such Exchequer bonds as may be delivered up by the holders thereof for that purpose, and for the delivery of certificates of such registration in lieu thereof, which shall be transferable by entries in a register which may be provided for that purpose, in such manner and subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Treasury may see fit; and every such warrant shall from time to time be published in the London Gazette.

16 & 17 Vict. cc. 23, 132.                                                                                28. And whereas, in pursuance of the said recited Acts of the sixteenth year of Her Majesty, chapter twenty-three, and of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of Her Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirty-two, Exchequer bonds to the amount of four hundred and eighteen thousand three hundred pounds were made out and issued, and are still outstanding, with coupons for interest at the rate of two pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, payable half-yearly until and including the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and thereafter are subject to redemption on payment of the principal sum contained in each bond, at the option of the Treasury, so soon as Parliament shall have made due provision in respect thereof, and until such redemption such principal sums will continue to carry interest at the said rate of two pounds ten shillings per centum per annum: Be it therefore further enacted, that until Parliament shall have made such provision, and such Exchequer bonds shall be redeemed in exercise of such option as aforesaid, the interest thereon shall, after the said first day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, continue to be payable out of the Consolidated Fund, at the said rate of two pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, on the same half-yearly days and in the same manner as before; and it shall be lawful for the Treasury to direct the preparation and issue of a like amount of Exchequer bonds, with coupons for the half-yearly interest due thereon, for any term not exceeding six years from the said first day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, in exchange for and to replace such Exchequer bonds with exhausted coupons.

Interest on Exchequer bonds issued under recited Acts to be paid until they are redeemed.

Issue of bonds to replace bonds with exhausted coupons.
[S. 29 rep. 55 & 56 Vict. c. 48. s. 8.]
Bank of England may make advances on credit of Exchequer bills and bonds, notwithstanding 5 & 6 Will. & Mar. c. 20.  30. It shall be lawful for the Bank of England to advance or lend to Her Majesty, upon the credit of the Exchequer bills or bonds made out and issued in pursuance of any former Act or Acts, or to be made out and issued in pursuance of this Act, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the principal sums contained in such Exchequer bills and bonds, anything contained in the Bank of England Act, 1694, or in any subsequent Act, to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

[S. 31 rep. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 14. (S.L.R.)]
[1 Short title, “The Exchequer Bills and Bonds Act, 1866.” See 55 & 56 Vict. c. 10.]


[Whole Act, except ss. 4–6, rep. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 99.]
Personal estate appointed by will under general powers to be chargeable with probate and inventory duties.  4. The stamp duties payable by law upon probates of wills and letters of administration, with a will annexed, in England and Ireland, and upon inventories in Scotland, shall be levied and paid in respect of all the personal or moveable estate and effects which any person, hereafter dying, shall have disposed of by will, under any authority enabling such person to dispose of the same as he or she shall think fit; and for the purpose of this Act such personal or moveable estate and effects shall be deemed to be the personal or moveable estate and effects of the person so dying, in respect of which the probate of the will or the letters of administration with the will annexed of such person are or is granted, or the inventory is or is required to be exhibited and recorded, as the case may be; and such estate and effects, and the value thereof, shall accordingly be included in the affidavit required by law to be made on applying for probate or letters of administration, in order to the full and proper stamp duty being paid.

Probate and inventory duties in respect thereof to be a charge on the property.                             5. The said last-mentioned duties shall be a charge or burden upon the property in respect of which the same are so payable, and shall be paid thereout by the trustees or owners thereof to the person for the time being lawfully having or taking the burden of the execution of the will or testamentary instrument, or the administration or management of the personal or moveable estate and effects of the deceased, for the benefit of the persons entitled to the personal or moveable estate and effects of the deceased.

Money secured on heritable property and by heritable bonds in Scotland to be deemed moveable property, &c.  6. Money secured on heritable property in Scotland, and money secured by Scotch bonds in favour of heirs and assignees, excluding executors, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be held and interpreted to be moveable property, and shall be included in any inventory to be exhibited and recorded in any commissary court in Scotland of the estate and effects of any person deceased entitled thereto, . . . and every such inventory . . . shall be chargeable with stamp duty in respect of such moveable property; . . .

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Dissenting ministers or teachers, taking said oaths, &c. not liable to penalties 17 & 18 C. 2. 6. for officiating, &c. in congregation permitted by this act.  VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person, being a protestant dissenting from the church of Ireland, in holy orders, or pretended holy orders, or pretending to holy orders, or any preacher or teacher of any congregation of dissenting protestants, that shall make and subscribe the declaration aforesaid, and take the said oaths at the general or quarter sessions of the peace to be held for the county, town, part, place, or division, where such person lives, which court is hereby impowered to administer the same, shall be liable to the penalty of one hundred pounds, or any other pains or penalties mentioned in an act made in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of the reign of King Charles the second, intituled, An act for the uniformity of publick prayers and administration of sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies; and for establishing the form of making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons in the church of Ireland; for consecrating or administering the sacrament of the Lord's supper; or for preaching or officiating in any congregation permitted and allowed by this act for the exercise of religion.[a]

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Disturbers of any congregation permitted shall find two sureties in 50l. to appear next sessions, or committed till then.                                      XIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons at any time or times after the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and nineteen do or shall willingly, and of purpose, maliciously or contemptuously, come into any cathedral or parish-church, chappel, or other congregation permitted by this act, and disquiet or disturb the same, or misuse any preacher or teacher, such person or persons, upon proof thereof before any justice of the peace by two or more sufficient witnesses, shall find two sureties, to be bound by recognizance in the penal sum of fifty pounds, to appear at the next general or quarter sessions to be held for the county, wherein such offence shall be committed, and in default of such sureties shall be committed to prison, there to remain till the next general or quarter sessions, and, upon conviction of the said offence at the said general or quarter sessions, shall suffer the pain and penalty of twenty pounds, to the use of the King's Majesty, his heirs and successors.

Penalty on conviction 20l. to the King.
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Certificates thereof to be given, paying 6d.                                                                                [XVI.] Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every person and persons, that shall take the said oaths, and make and subscribe the declaration as aforesaid, shall be exempted and discharged from all pains, penalties, and forfeitures, hitherto incurred by virtue of the herein before mentioned statute made in the second year of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, or of one other statute made in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of the reign of King Charles the second, intituled, An act for the uniformity of publick prayers, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies; and for establishing the form of making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons in the church of Ireland.

Persons taking the oaths, &c. exempted from all penalties incurred by 2 Eliz. 2. or 17 & 18 C. 2. 6.

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[(a)That is to say, Protestant Dissenters taking the oaths prescribed by s. 1. of this Act, which is repealed by 34 & 35 Vict. c. 48. s. 1.]