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Refusal to answer Questions. 



255. Any person required by this Act, or by any other law, to 

 answer questions put to him by any officer of the Customs, who refuses 

 to answer, or does not truly answer such questions, shall, in addition 

 to any other penalty or punishment to which he is liable, incur a 

 penalty of four hundred dollars. R. S., c. 32, s. 216. 



Respecting maintenance of Officer on board Ship. 



256. If the collector or other proper officer of Customs stations any 

 officer on board any ship while within the limits of a port, and if 

 the master of such ship refuses or neglects to provide such officer 

 while he so remains upon the ship with suitable accommodations 

 and food, such master shall incur a penalty of two hundred dollars. 

 R. S., c. 32, s. 140. 



Respecting the production of Invoices, Books of Account, etc. 



257. If information has been given under oath to any officer that 

 goods or things have been unlawfully imported or entered, or if any 

 goods have been seized or detained under any of the provisions of 

 this Act, or of any law relating to the Customs, and if the importer 



or exporter of such goods, or the owner or claimant thereof, 

 670 upon being required under the provisions of this Act to pro- 

 duce and hand over to the collector or other proper officer of 

 Customs any invoices, bills, accounts or statements, or to produce for 

 inspection of such collector or other officer any books of account, 

 ledgers, day books, cash books, letter books, invoice books or other 

 books, or to allow copies or extracts to be made therefrom, neglects 

 or refuses to do so, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding five thou- 

 sand dollars. 51 V., c. 14, s. 34. 



Taking away Goods under seizure. 



258. Every person who, without the permission of the officer or 

 person who seized the same or of some competent authority, whether 

 pretending to be the owner or not, either secretly or openly, and 

 whether with or without force pr violence, takes or carries away any 

 goods, vessel, vehicle or other thing which have been seized or de- 

 tained on suspicion, as forfeited under this Act, before the same have 

 been declared by competent authority to have been seized without 

 due cause, shall be deemed to have stolen such goods, being the prop- 

 erty of His Majesty, and is guilty of theft. R. S., c. 32, s. 212. 



Respecting the stopping of Vessels. 



259. Every master or person in charge of any vessel, and every 

 driver or person conducting or having charge of any vehicle or con- 

 veyance, who refuses or neglects to stop such vessel, vehicle or. con- 

 veyance, when required so to do, in the King's name, by an officer or 

 person employed as such, and every person who is present at any 

 such seizure or stoppage, and who, when called upon in the King's 

 name by such officer or person to aid and assist him in a lawful way, 



