After Proof of 1 see the same put in Execution, shall knowingly and wilfully Sect. 22. AND be it further enacted, That if any Vessel arriving from the Mediterranean, or from any Port in Turkey or Africa, shall have undergone Examination by the proper Of ficer of Quarantine, and upon a Report of such Examination being made to the Lords or others of His Majesty's Privy Council, their Lordships shall think proper to direct the Release of such Vessel from the Performance of Quarantine, it shall be lawful for such Officer, and he is hereby required to grant to the Master or Person having the Charge or Command of such Vessel, a Certificate in Writing of such Examination and Release, and upon the Production of such Certificate to the Collector or principal Officer of His Majesty's Customs at any Port in the United Kingdom, such Vessel shall be admitted to Entry without being liable to any further Restraint. Sect. 23. AND be it further enacted, That after Quarantine Performance of shall have been duly performed by any Vessel, Person or PerQuarantine, sons obliged to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, according to and proper this Act, and to such Order or Orders made as aforesaid, and Certificate to that Effect, upon Proof to be made by the Oaths of the Master or other Vessels or Per- Person having Charge of such Vessel, and of Three or more of sons shall not be the Persons belonging thereto, or upon Proof to be made by liable to further the Oaths of Two or more credible Witnesses, before the Collector or principal Officer of the Customs at the Port where such Quarantine shall be performed, or at the Port nearest thereto, or before the Superintendent of Quarantine, or his Detention. Assistant at the Quarantine Station, or before any Justice of the Peace living near to the Port or Place, or when such Quarantine shall have been performed within any of the said Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, before any Two Jurats or Magistrates of any of the said Isles respectively, that such Vessel, and all and every such Person and Persons respectively, have duly performed Quarantine as aforesaid, and that the Vessel and all and every Person and Persons are free from Infection, and after producing a Certificate to that Purpose, signed by the Chief Officer who superintended the Quarantine of the said Vessel, or Person acting for him, then and in the said respective Cases, such Collector or principal Officer of the Customs, or the Superintendant of Quarantine, or his Assistant, or such Justice of the Peace, or such Jurats or Magistrates as aforesaid respectively, are hereby required to give a Certificate thereof, and thereupon such Vessel, and all and every such Person or Persons so having performed Quarantine, shall be liable to no further Restraint or Detention upon the same Account for which such Vessel, Person or Persons shall have performed Quarantine as aforesaid. Sect. 24. AND be it further enacted, That all Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and other Articles liable to Quarantine as aforesaid, shall be opened and aired in such Place or Places, and for such Time and in such Manner as shall be directed by His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by such Order or Orders to be made as aforesaid, and after such Orders shall have been duly complied with, Proof thereof shall be made by the Oaths of the Master of the Lazaret or Vessel in which the Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and all other Articles shall have been opened and aired, and of One of the Guardians, or if there be no Guardians, then One of the Officers authorized by the Commissioners of Customs to act in the Service of Quarantine in such Lazaret or Vessel, or if there be no such Officer, then by the Oaths of Two or more credible Witnesses serving in the said Lazaret or Vessel, before the Superintendent of Quarantine or his Assistant, in case such Opening and Airing shall be had at a Port or Place where such Superintendent or Assistant shall be established, or otherwise before the principal Officer of the Customs authorized to act in the Service of Quarantine at such Port or Place, which Oath such Superintendent, Assistant, or principal Officer is hereby authorized to administer; and such Superintendent, Assistant, or principal Officer, as the Case may be, shall grant a Certificate of such Proof having been made, and upon Production of such Certificate to the proper Officer of the Customs, such Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, and other Articles, shall be liable to no further Restraint or Detention, either at the Port or Place where such Quarantine shall have been performed, or at any other Place whereto they be afterwards conveyed. QUARAN. TINE. Goods liable to perform Qua rantine shall be aired, as directed QUARAN- Persons forging or uttering false Certificates required by Order in Council, guilty of Felony. Penalty on liable to per- ceiving them, or secreting them from Vessels performing Sect. 25. AND be it further enacted, That if Person any shall knowingly or wilfully forge or counterfeit, interline, erase, or alter, or procure to be forged or counterfeited, interlined, erased, or altered, any Certificate directed or required to be granted by any Order of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in Council, now in force or hereafter to be made touching Quarantine, or shall publish any such forged or counterfeited, interlined, erased, or altered Certificate, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, interlined, erased, or altered, or shall knowingly and wilfully utter and publish any such Certificate with Intent to obtain the Effect of a true Certificate to be given thereto, knowing the Contents of such Certificate to be false, he or she shall be guilty of Felony. Sect. 26. AND be it further enacted, That if any Person shall land or unship, or shall move in order to the landing or unshipping thereof, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, Packets, Packages, Baggage, Wearing Apparel, Books, Letters, or other Articles, from on board any Vessel liable to perform Quarantine as aforesaid, or shall knowingly receive the same after they have been so landed or unshipped, every such Person shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Five hundred Pounds; and if any Person or Persons shall clandestinely convey or secrete, or conceal for the Purpose of conveying any Letters, Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, or other Articles as aforesaid, from 1st A any Vessel actually performing Quarantine, or from the Lazaret or other Place where such Goods, Wares, Merchandize, or other Articles as aforesaid shall be performing Quarantine, every such Person so offending as last aforesaid shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. Quarantine, 100% His Majesty in certain Cases may prohibit Vessels under 100 Tons from sailing until Bond be given by the Master with certain Conditions. Sect. 27. AND be it further enacted, That in case it shall at any Time happen that any Part of the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or France, Spain, or Portugal, or the Low Countries, shall be infected with the Plague, or any other infectious Disease or Distemper as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by His or Their Proclamation, to prohibit or restrain all Vessels and Boats under the Burthen of One hundred Tons from sailing or passing out of any Port or Place of the United Kingdom, or the Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or any of them, until Security be first given by the Master of every such Vessel or Boat respectively, to the Satisfaction of the principal Officers of the Customs, or the Chief Magistrate of the Port or Place from whence such Vessel or Boat shall sail, by Bond taken by such Officer or Magistrate, to the King, His Heirs or Successors, with sufficient Sureties in the Penalty of Two hundred Pounds, with Condition, that if such Vessel or Boat shall not go to or touch at any Country, Port, or Place, to be mentioned for that Purpose in such Proclamation, and if neither the Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel or Boat, nor any Mariner or Passenger in such Vessel or Boat, shall, during the Time aforesaid, go on board any other Vessel at Sea, and such Master or other Person having Charge of such Vessel or Boat shall not permit or suffer any Person or Persons to come on board such Vessel or Boat at Sea from any other Vessel, and shall not, during the Time aforesaid, receive any Goods or Merchandize whatsoever out of any other Vessel, then such Bond shall be void; for the making of which Bond no Fee or Reward whatsoever shall be taken; and in case any Vessel or Boat for which such Security shall be required by such Proclamation, shall set sail or pass out of any Port or Place of the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or any of them respectively, before Security be given as aforesaid, every such Vessel or Boat so sailing or passing out of any Port or Place contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, together with her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, shall be forfeited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and the Master of, and every Mariner sailing in such Vessel or Boat, shall severally forfeit and pay the Sum of Two hundred Pounds. Sect. 28. AND be it further enacted, That the Consuls and Vice Consuls of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall and are hereby empowered to administer Oaths in all Cases respecting Quarantine, in like Manner as if they were Magistrates of the several Towns or Places where they respectively reside. Sect. 29. AND be it further enacted, That in all Cases wherein by virtue of this Act, or any other Act hereafter to be made touching Quarantine, any Examination or Answer shall be taken or made upon Oath, the Person who shall be authorized and required to take such Examinations and Answers, shall and may be deemed to have full Power and Authority to administer such Oaths; and if any Person who shall be interrogated or examined, shall wilfully swear falsely to any Matter concerning which such Person shall depose or make Oath on such Examination, or in such Answer, or if any Person shall procure any other Person so to do, he or she so swearing falsely, or procuring any other Person so to do, shall be deemed to have been guilty of, and shall be liable to be prosecuted for Perjury, or Subornation of Perjury, as the Case may be, and shall suffer the Pains, Penalties, and Punishments of the Law in such Case respectively made and provided. Sect. 30. AND be it further enacted, That all Superintend ents of Quarantine at the several Ports, and their Assistants, QUARAN- shall and may be appointed by any Instrument signed by the Commissioners of Customs for the Time being; and every Thing required to be done and performed by the Superintendent of Quarantine, or his Assistant, may, in case of the Absence or Sickness of such Superintendent or Assistant, be done and Superintendent performed by such principal Officer of the Customs as shall be authorized to act in that Behalf. Principal Offi cer of the Cus toms to act as of Quarantine in case of Absence, &c. Publication in the London Sect. 31. AND be it further enacted, That the Publication in the London Gazette of any Order in Council, or of any Order Gazette of Or- by any Two or more of the Lords or others of His Majesty's Privy Council, made in pursuance of this Act, or His Majesty's Royal Proclamation made in pursuance of the same, shall be deemed and taken to be sufficient Notice to all l'ersons concerned of all Matters therein respectively contained. ders of Council, &c. sufficient Notice. Recovery and In whose Name Actions for Penalties in England, Ireland, or Scotland, must be prosecuted. Sect. 32. AND be it further enacted, That all Forfeitures and Penalties that shall be incurred by reason of any Offence committed against this Act shall and may be recovered by Suit in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record in England or Ireland, in which no Essoign or Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, shall be granted; or in Scotland, by summary Action in the Court of Session, or by Prosecution before the Court of Justiciary there, or by Suit in any of His Majesty's Courts in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man; and every such Forfeiture and Penalty shall belong and be given, Two Thirds to the Person who shall inform and sue for the same, and the Remainder to His Majesty, His Heirs and Suc cessors. Sect. 33. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons whatsoever to commence, prosecute, enter, or file, or cause or procure to be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed, any Action, Bill, Plaint, Information, or Prosecution, or Actions, Bills, Plaints, Informations, or Prosecutions, in any of His Majesty's Courts in England, Ireland, or Scotland, or any Proceeding or Proceedings before any Justice of the Peace of any County, Riding, Division, City, Town, Stewartry, or Place, for the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, Fines, Penalties, or Forfeitures, incurred by reason of any Offence committed against this Act, or against any Order or Orders made by His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in Council, or by Two or more of the Lords or others of His Majesty's Privy Council as aforesaid, unless the same be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed in the Names of His Majesty's Attorney General in England or Ireland, or Advocate in Scotland respectively, or under the Direction of the Commissioners of the Customs, and in the Name or Names of some Officer or Officers of the Customs in England, Ireland, or Scotland respectively; and if any |