STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1271 



forfeited, and may be seized. If such goods are not found, the per- 

 son so offending shall forfeit the value thereof; and every such 

 person, his aiders and abettors shall, in addition to any other penalty, 

 forfeit a sum equal to the value of such goods, which may be recov- 

 ered in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall further be 

 liable, on summary conviction before two Justices of the Peace or 

 any magistrate having the powers of two Justices of the Peace, to a 

 penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, and not less than fifty 

 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and not 

 less than one month or to both fine and imprisonment. 



208. If any two or more persons in company are found together, and 

 they, or any of them, have any goods liable to forfeiture under this 

 Act, every such person having knowledge of the fact, is guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



209. Every person who is proved to have been on board any vessel 

 or boat liable to forfeiture for having been found within one league 

 of the coasts or shores of this Colony, having on board or attached 

 thereto, or conveying, or having conveyed anything subjecting such 

 vessel or boat to forfeiture, or who is proved to have been on board 

 any vessel or boat from which any part of the cargo has been thrown 

 overboard or destroyed, or in which any goods have been unlawfully 

 brought into this Colony, shall incur a penalty of one hundred dol- 

 lars, if he has been knowingly concerned in such acts. 



210. Every person who, by any means, procures, hires, or induces, 

 any person or persons to be concerned in the landing, unshipping, 

 carrying or conveying any goods, the importation of which is pro- 

 hibited, or for the landing of which permission has not been granted 

 by the collector or other proper officer of Customs, shall for every 

 person so procured, hired, or induced, incur a penalty of one hundred 

 dollars. 



211. If any person makes, or sends, or brings into this Colony, or 

 causes or authorizes the making, sending or bringing into this Col- 

 ony, any invoice or paper, used or intended to be used as an invoice 

 for Customs purposes, in which any goods are entered or charged at 

 a less price or value, than that actually charged, or intended to be 

 charged for them, or in which the goods are falsely described, no sum 

 of money shall be recoverable by such person, his assigns or repre- 

 sentatives, for the price of such goods or any part thereof, or on any 

 bill of exchange, note or other security, unless in the hands of an 

 innocent holder for value without notice, made, given or executed 

 for the price of such goods of any part of such price. 



212. The production or proof of the existence of any other invoice, 

 account, document or paper made or sent by any person, or by his 

 authority, wherein goods or any of them are charged or entered at 

 or mentioned as being a greater price than that set upon them in 

 any such invoice as in the next preceding section mentioned or in 



which the goods are falsely described, shall be prima facie 

 750 evidence that such invoice was intended to be fraudulently 



used for Customs purposes; but such intention, or the actual 

 fraudulent use of such invoice, may be proved by any other legal 

 evidenced 



213. Every importer of goods into this Colony, and every person 

 on his behalf, who presents or causes to be presented with intent to 

 make entry thereunder, any false or fraudulent invoice, such as 



