Officers of Customs conniving at Offences or Informer unduly delaying to prosecute; Penalty and Incapacity.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Officers belonging to the Customs and all Sheriffs Mayors Bayliffs Constables and other Officers shall be aiding and assisting in the effectual Execution of this Act And that if any Officer or Person of or belonging to the Customs shall willingly or knowingly connive at the fraudulent Importation delivering receiving buying or selling of any Alamodes or Lustrings contrary to the true Meaning of this Act or if such Officer or any Informer or other Person or Persons X1 upon or by virtue or by Means of this Act or any other Act and shall by Fraud or Collusion desist or delay the Prosecution to Condemnation of the said Silks or any Part thereof after Seizure or Stay of the same or the Prosecution of any Person or Persons for any Offence against this or any other Act relating to the fraudulent Importation of such Silks or the not stealing or marking such Silks imported he or they so desisting or delaying shall forfeit and loose the Sum of Five hundred Pounds and be incapable of holding any Office or Imployment under His Majesty His Heirs and Successors.
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X1shall take upon him or them to seize any the said Silks or prosecute any Person or Persons O. and King's Printer's Copy.