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All Provisions, &c. regarding Vessels, &c. found within 4 or 8 Leagues extended to Vessels within 100 Leagues, if of the Description in this Act.
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XVII. And be it further enacted, That every Ship, Vessel, or Boat, belonging in the Whole or in Part to His Majesty’s Subjects, or whereof One Half of the Persons on board shall be Subjects of His Majesty, and being or falling within the Provisions of or Description contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on and immediately before the passing of this Act, and which would, under and by virtue of those Provisions, or any or either of them, or any such Act, be liable to Forfeiture for hovering, or being found and discovered to have been within Four or Eight Leagues of such Part of the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland respectively, as are in any such Act or Acts of Parliament described, and specified as to such respective Distances of Four and Eight Leagues, shall, together with all the Goods laden on board, and the Guns, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel, be subject and liable to Forfeiture, if found in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas, within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland, under any of the Circumstances specified, described, or mentioned in any such Act or Acts as aforesaid; and all the Clauses, Provisions, Powers, Authorities, Forfeitures, Penalties, Restrictions, Exemptions, Matters, and Things contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to any such Ship, Vessel or Boat hovering or found or discovered to have been within such Four or Eight Leagues respectively of the Coast of Great Britain or Ireland and also relating to any Goods laden on board any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, and the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel thereof, shall be and the same is and are hereby declared severally and respectively to extend to, and shall apply and be in full force, and be applied and put in Execution as to every such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, which shall be found as aforesaid in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas, within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland; and also to all Goods laden on board any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, and the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel thereof, in as full and ample a Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said several Clauses, Provisions, Powers, Authorities, Forfeitures, Penalties, Restrictions, Exemptions, Matters, and Things relating thereto, were particularly and expressly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.
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