Smuggling Act 1765
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1765 c. 39 |
| Year | 1765 |
(5 Geo. 3) C A P. XXXIX.
'WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the first, intituled, East Indies Dover, Deal,and the Isle of Thanet; it is, amongst other Things, enacted, Thatno Commodity of the Growth, Product, or Manufacture, of theEast Indies , or other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope , shall be imported or carried into the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sarke , or Man , or other Places in the said Act mentioned, but such only as shall be bona fide , and without Fraud, loaden and shipt in Great Britain , in Ships navigated according to Law, under the Penalty of forfeiting all such Goods, or the Value thereof, together with the Ship or Vessel in which they shall be imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition, and Apparel, to be seized and prosecuted as in the said Act is directed: And whereas great Quantities of Tea and other Goods of the Product or Manufacture of the East Indies , and other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope , are imported from Foreign Parts, and landed in the Isle of Man , contrary to the said in Part recited Act of Parliament; which Goods, as well as great Quantities of Brandy and other Foreign Liquors, are brought from the said Isle of Man , and clandestinely run ashore in this Kingdom, to the great Prejudice of the Trade and Revenues thereof: To prevent which Practices for the future, and to render the said Act, as well as several other Acts of Parliament relative to the Trade and Revenues of this Kingdom, more effectual;' May it please Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King'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, That from and after the first Day ofJune , one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, all and every Officer and Officers of his Majesty's Customs and Excise, shall have the same Powers and Authorities for visiting and searching of Ships and Vessels in any Bay, Harbour, River, Creek, or other Place, in, of, or belonging to, the said Isle of Man , as are by any Act of Parliament provided for such Officers visiting and searching Ships or Vessels within the Ports or on the Coasts of Great Britain ; and to seize and secure, either on the Land or Water, in the Manner directed or allowed by the several Acts of Parliament in Force in Great Britain , any Goods which have been brought or imported into the said Isle of Man , contrary to this or to any other Act of Parliament, or which shall be landed there, without Payment of any Duties which may be due and payable to his Majesty, his Heirs, and Successors.
II Prohibited Goods imported thither from Great Britain,
II. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day ofJune , one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, no Wrought Silks, Bengalls, and Stuffs mixt with Silk or Herba, of the Manufacture of Persia, China , or East India , nor Callicoes painted, dyed, printed, or stained there, nor any Cambricks or French Lawns, shall be exported from Great Britain to the Isle of Man ; and if any such Goodsshall be shipt or laden, or shall be concealed in the same Package with any other Goods which are entered for, or are intended to be laden on board any Ship or Vessel bound fromGreat Britain to the said Isle of Man , such Goods shall be forfeited, as well as the Goods contained in the same Package therewith, whether the same shall be shipt or laden, or not; and shall and may be seized and prosecuted by any Officer of his Majesty's Customs.
III Isle of Man to be included in the Bond to be given on Exportation of such Goods from Great Britain.
III. And it is further enacted, That theIsle of Man shall be added to, and included in, the Bond which is now by Law required to be given, that such Goods shall be duly exported, and not relanded again in any Part of Great Britain .
IV No Foreign Brandy or Spirits to be imported into the said Isle, but from Great Britain directly; on Forfeiture of the Goods and Vessel.
IV. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day ofJuly , one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, no Foreign Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong Waters, or Spirits whatsoever, shall be imported or carried into the Isle of Man , but such only as shall be bona fide , and without Fraud, laden and shipt in Great Britain , and carried thither directly from thence, upon the Forfeiture of such Goods, or the Value thereof, together with the Ship or Vessel in which they shall be imported or carried, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel, to be seized and prosecuted as is hereafter directed:
V Spirits shipped in America to be conditioned not to be landed in the Isle of Man; under the Penalties of Acts 12 Car. 2. c. 18. 25 Car. 2. c. 7.
V. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day ofSeptember , one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, no Rum, or other Spirits, shall be shipped or laden on board any Ship or Vessel in any British Colony or Plantation in America , but on condition that the same shall not be carried to, or landed in, the Isle of Man , under the like Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are prescribed and mentioned in two Acts of Parliament made in the twelfth and twenty-fifth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, the former intituled, 'An Act for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation,' and the latter intituled, 'An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade,' or either of them, with respect to the Goods in those Acts particularly enumerated; any Law, Custom, or Usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
VI No foreign Spirits to be exported from the said Island, carried Coastwise in Casks under 60 Gallons; or Wines to be imported, or exported, or carried Coastwise, in Casks under 25 Gallons, and in Ships not less than 100 Tons; on Forfeiture of the Ship and Goods.
VI. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day ofJune , one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, no Foreign Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong Waters, or Spirits whatsoever, shall be exported from the Isle of Man , or carried Coastwise from one Part of the said Isle to another, in any Ship or Vessel of less Burthen than one hundred Tons; nor in any...
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