Illicit Distillation (Ireland) Act 1857
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1857 c. 40 |
| Year | 1857 |
(20 & 21 Vict.) C A P. XL.
[17th August 1857]
'WHEREAS an Actwas passed in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter Eighty-nine, and it is expedient to amend the same, and also the Laws for the Suppression and Prevention of Illicit Distillation inIreland :' Be it 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:
I Certain Sects. of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 89. and 18 & 19 Vict. c. 103. repealed.
I. Sections Thirteen, Fourteen, and Seventeen of the said Act, and also Section Three of an Act passed in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter One hundred and three, shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
II As to Disposal of Seizures made under recited Act and this Act.
II. All Seizures to be made under the Provisions of the said Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty or of this Act by any Officer, Head or other Constable, shall (except in the Cases in this Clause herein-after provided for, and except also in Cases of Seizures made under the Customs Consolidation Act, 1853, herein-after referred to,) be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Inspector General of Constabulary shall direct in that Behalf: Provided always, that all Seizures which may be made under the Powers or Directions of the Sixth Section of the said Act of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her Majesty, of Spiritsin transitu or Process of Removal from Place to Place, where the same shall be sent or removed from or by any Licensed Distiller or Rectifier of or Dealer in or Retailer of Spirits, shall be disposed of in such Manner as the Commissioners of Inland Revenue may direct or authorize in that Behalf.
III Penalties and Proceeds of Sales of Seizures to whom to be paid.
III. All Penalties to be recovered by Officers of Constabulary by virtue of the Powers conferred or to be conferred on them under the Authority of the said last-mentioned Act and of this Act, and also the Proceeds of the Sale of any Seizure to be made by them under the said Powers...
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