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Common Informers not to sue without Consent of Attorney General.
Proceedings for Penalties to be taken within Six Months.
Application of Penalties.
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CXXXIII. And be it enacted, That no Proceedings for the Recovery of any Penalty incurred under the Provisions of this Act shall be had or taken by any Person other than by a Party grieved, or the Local Board of Health in whose District the Offence is committed, or by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor (where any such Penalty is directed to be paid to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor), without the Consent in Writing of Her Majesty’s Attorney General first had and obtained; and that no such Penalty shall be recovered unless Proceedings for the Recovery thereof shall have been commenced within Six Calendar Months after the Commission or Occurrence of the Offence upon which the Penalty attaches; and if the Application of the Penalty be not otherwise provide for, One Half thereof shall go to the Informer, and the Remainder to the Local Board of Health of the District in which the Offence was committed: Provided always, that if the said Local Board be the Informer they shall be entitled to the whole of the Penalty recovered, and all Penalties or Sums recovered on account of any Penalty by them shall be paid over to the Treasurer, and shall by him be placed to the District Fund Account mentioned in this Act.
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