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Justices of Peace empowered to take Cognizance of Offences against Customs and Excise on the High Seas.
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XLIV. ‘And Whereas Doubts have arisen whether such Justices of the Peace can take Cognizance of Offences and of Forfeitures committed or arising on the High Seas, and without the Limits of the County, City, Town, or Place, of and in which they shall or do act as such Justices of the Peace;’ be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, in all Cases in which any Justice or Justices of the Peace are empowered to take Cognizance of any Offence, or of any Forfeiture in this Act, or in any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Revenue of Customs or Excise, it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace for the County, City, Town, or Place, within which the Port or Place into which any Ship, Vessel, Boat or Goods, or any Person or Persons shall be taken, brought, or carried, under any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Revenue of Customs or Excise, shall be situated, to take Cognizance of such Offence or Offences committed against the said Act or this Act, or such Forfeiture or Forfeitures, as if the same Offence or Offences had been committed, or the same Forfeiture or Forfeitures had been incurred on Land, within the said respective Jurisdictions of such Justices.
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