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Increase of Rewards to Officers on penal Prosecutions.
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XIX. ‘And Whereas it is expedient to increase certain Rewards now allowed by Law to the Officers by whom Prosecutions, although legally commenced in the Name of His Majesty’s Attorney General; may be carried on;’ be it therefore enacted, That instead of the Rewards in those Respects now allowed by Law, in all such Prosecutions, when the same shall be carried on wholly at the Charge of the Crown, the Officer or Officers concerned therein shall be allowed One-fourth Part of the Sum or Sums of Money which shall be recovered and paid, either by way of Penalty or Composition, from the Defendant or Defendants; and in all such Prosecutions, when the same shall be carried on wholly at the Charge of the Crown, except the Charge of arresting or taking the Defendant or Defendants into Custody upon the Sheriffs Warrant, the Officer or Officers concerned therein shall be allowed a Moiety of the Sum or Sums of Money which shall be recovered and paid as aforesaid; and in all such Prosecutions when the same shall be carried on wholly at the Charge of the Officer or Officers concerned therein, such Officer or Officers shall be allowed Two-thirds of the Sum or Sums of Money which shall be recovered and paid as aforesaid; any Law, Custom, or Usage to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: Provided always that nothing herein contained shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend to alter, vary, or repeal any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, by which any greater Rewards are allowed to the Officers of His Majesty’s Customs upon Penal Prosecutions, than those allowed by this Act: Provided also, that no such Officer or Officers shall be at Liberty to commence or carry on any Prosecution, Suit, Information, or Action so the Recovery of any Penalty, or any Share thereof as aforesaid, in any Case, without the Permission and Direction of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in England, or any Four of them, or the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in Scotland or any Three of them respectively.
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