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Recovery and Application of Penalties.
Power to cause Reward to be paid to Informers.
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XXXIV. All pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by this Act shall be recoverable (if incurred in England) in the Name of Her Majesty’s Attorney General, on the Part of Her Majesty, by Information in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, or (if incurred in Ireland) in the Name of Her Majesty’s Attorney General in the Court of Exchequer at Dublin, or (if incurred in Scotland) in the Name of Her Majesty’s Advocate General in the Court of Exchequer in Edinburgh; and such Penalty and Forfeiture shall be payable and paid to the said Commissioners, and shall go and belong to and shall become Part of the Consolidated Fund; and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to cause such Reward as they shall think fit, not exceeding One Moiety of any such Penalty or Forfeiture so recovered, after deducting all Charges and Expenses incurred in recovering the same, to be paid to any Person or Persons who shall appear to them to be entitled thereto as Informer or Informers in respect of such Penalty or Forfeiture so recovered.
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