Gunpowder and Warlike Stores Act 1845 No 6a (NSW)

No. VI.

An Act to regulate for a limited time the expor-

tation of Gunpowder and Warlike Stores from the Colony of New South Wales. [16th,

October, 1845.]

WHEREAS circumstances have arisen to render it expedient to from the Colony of New South Wales Be it enacted by His Excel­regulate the exportation of Gunpowder and Warlike Stores
lency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof That during the continuance of this
Act no vessel having Gunpowder or Warlike Stores on board in greater

quantity than may in the opinion of the Collector or Chief Officer of Customs at the port of clearance be required for the ordinary use and service of such vessel shall be cleared at any port in the said Colony without a license under the hand of the Governor or of the Colonial Secretary or if in the District of Port Phillip under the hand of the Superintendent of that district.

2. And be it enacted That before any Gunpowder or Warlike Stores shall be shipped under any such license as aforesaid the shipper thereof shall be required to give security by bond for five hundred pounds or treble the amount of the value of the Gunpowder or War­ like Stores so shipped if it shall exceed that amount with two sufficient sureties being resident householders to the satisfaction of the Collec­ tor or Chief Officer of Customs at the port of clearance that such Gun­ powder or Warlike Stores as the case may be shall be landed at the place for which it is declared to be shipped the proof of which shall lie upon the shipper thereof by the production of the certificate of the Collector or other Chief Officer of Customs at the place where landed or such other proof as shall satisfy the Collector or other Chief

Officer of Customs at the place of shipment within a reasonable time

to be mentioned in such bond and in failure thereof the shipper shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred pounds to be recovered at the suit of such Collector or Chief Officer of Customs or of Her Majesty's Attorney General in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and

4. And be it enacted That this Act shall come into effect from the passing thereof and continue in force for two years thereafter. No. VI I .

that in default of payment of such penalty by the said shipper it shall

be lawful for the said Collector or Chief Officer or Attorney General to put the said bond in suit in the said Court and to recover such amount or value as the case may be by information or otherwise.

8. And be it enacted That all sums recovered in virtue of this

Act shall go and be paid to the Colonial Treasurer for the purposes of
the General Revenue of the said Colony.