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Arrest of and penalties on persons unlawfully removing spirits.
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145. (1.) Any officer or any officer of Customs, and any officer of the peace having a commission from the Commissioners, may stop and detain any person found carrying or removing any spirits, and may examine the spirits and require the production of a permit or certificate authorizing the removal thereof.
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(2.) If a permit or certificate is produced agreeing with the spirits in all respects the officer may endorse thereon the time and place of his examination thereof.
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(3.) If any person is found carrying or removing any spirits exceeding the quantity of one gallon of the same denomination for the same person and does not, on request by any such officer, forthwith produce a permit or certificate authorizing the removal of the spirits, he shall incur a fine of one hundred pounds, and the spirits shall be forfeited.
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(4.) The sum to which the fine may be mitigated in Ireland shall not be less than ten pounds.
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(5.) In default of payment of the fine on summary conviction the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour. The term of imprisonment in Ireland shall be not less than one month nor more than six months.
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(6.) Any officer may arrest any person found committing an offence against this section.
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