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Penalty for damaging the Works, or obstructing Execution of this Act.
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XXIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall wilfully obstruct, molest, or hinder any Surveyor, Engineer, Workman, or Labourer employed by the said Commissioners for the Purposes of this Act, in the Performance of his or their Duty or Employment in the Execution of this Act, every Person so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, nor less than Forty Shillings; and if any Person shall wilfully and to the Prejudice of the said Harbour break, throw down, damage, or destroy any Pier, Dock, Quay, Reservoir, Erection, Machine, Building, or Work whatever, heretofore erected or made or hereafter to be erected or made by virtue of this Act, or any Part thereof, or shall obstruct, hinder, or divert the Course of any Stream of Water, which at any Time before the passing of this Act ran or flowed into the Sea at the said Harbour, or shall do any other wilful Hurt or Mischief to obstruct, hinder, or prevent the carrying on, completing, supporting, improving, and maintaining of the said Harbour, or of any Waterworks or other Works erected under this Act, every such Person shall be adjudged guilty of Felony; and every such Person so offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be subject to the like Pains and Penalties as in Cases of Felony, and the Court by or before whom such Person shall be tried and convicted, shall have Power and Authority to cause such Person to be punished in like Manner as Felons are directed to be punished by the Law of Ireland, or in Mitigation of such Punishment, such Court may award such lesser Punishment as to such Court shall seem proper.
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