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Excise Act 1663
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XVI.Foreign or imported Liquors not to be landed before Entry or Duty paid.
Warrant for landing to be signed by Officer.; Penalty.
[X1And for the better leavying and collecting the Dutyes of Excise upon all forreigne or imported Liquors, Be it enacted by Authority aforesaid That noe such forreigne or imported Liquors shall be landed or putt on shore out of any Shipp or Vessell from beyond the Seas before due Entry he first made thereof with the Officer or Collector appointed for the Excise in the Port or Place where the same shall be imported, or before the Duty of Excise due and payable for the same be fully satisfyed and paid And that every Warrant for the landing or delivering of any fuch Forreigne Liquors shall be signed by the hand of the said Officer or Collector of the Excise in the said Port or Place respectively upon paine that all such Forreigne Liquors as shall be landed, putt on shore, or delivered contrary to the true intent and meaneing hereof, or without the presence of an Officer or Waiter for the Excise or the value thereof shall be forfeited and lost, the one moyetie to the Kings Majestie and the other moyetie to him or them who shall or will seise informe or sue for the same to be recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof,]
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X1annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.
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