XXXVUnlawful Quantities of Gunpowder may be seized.
And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for every Superintendent or Inspector belonging to the Metropolitan Police Force, with such Constables as he shall think necessary, at any Time between Sun-rising and Sun-setting, to enter any Snip, Boat, or Vessel (except Her Majesty's Ships) in the said River, Docks, and Creeks, and to search the same for unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder, and also to exercise the same Powers of seizing, removing to proper Places, and detaining all such unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder found on board any such Ship, Boat, or Vessel, and the Barrels or other Packages in which such Gunpowder shall be, as are given to Persons searching for unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder under the Warrant of a Justice by virtue of an [12 G. 3. c. 61.] Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to regulate the making, keeping, and Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repeal the Laws heretofore made for arm of those Purposes.