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Stores for vessels departing from the Channel Islands.
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159. The Commissioners of Customs may from time to time establish regulations as to the quantities, custody, and disposal of tobacco spirits and tea to be used as stores of the master crew and passengers of any vessel about to depart from the Channel Islands to any port in the United Kingdom, or to any fishing grounds at sea, having regard to the time that will be occupied in the contemplated voyage, the tonnage of the vessel, and the number of her crew and passengers, the particulars of such stores to be noted on the clearance of the vessel; and if they or any part thereof be landed in the United Kingdom from the said vessel contrary to the regulations so established, or without the knowledge or permission of the proper officer of the Customs, they shall be forfeited, and the master of such vessel shall, on proof of any such landing or unshipment, forfeit the penalty of twenty pounds, and if any stores in excess of the quantity allowed by such regulations be found on board any ship so about to depart, they shall be forfeited.
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