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Unauthorised Persons fraudulently branding Casks, &c.
Erasing, &c. Licences, Certificates, &c.
Penalty.
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XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person other than an Officer of the said Fishery, or not being authorised by or without the presence of such Officer, shall fraudulently burn or brand, or cause to be burned or branded, or shall have in his Custody or Possession any Instrument for the purpose of burning or branding, on any Barrel or Cask of Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel, any Mark or Marks, Character or Characters, which by virtue of this Act shall be appointed or directed to be burnt or branded on any Barrel of Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel, by order and in presence of such Officer, or any Mark or Character in Imitation thereof; or if any Person shall alter, erase or falsify any Licence, Certificate, Account, Declaration, Oath or other Document prescribed by this Act, every Person so offending, on being convicted thereof before a Justice of the Peace of the County where the Offence shall be committed or the Offender found, being such Person, shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Sum of Money not exceeding Ten Pounds, or suffer Imprisonment for any time not exceeding Three Calendar Months; and every Barrel or Cask on which any such Mark or Character shall be fraudulently burnt or branded as aforesaid, with the Herrings, Pilchards or Mackerel therein contained, and every Instrument which shall be in the Possession of any Person for the purpose of fraudulently burning or branding the same, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer of the Fishery or Customs.
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