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IX. And be it enacted, That every Male Person under the Age of Eighteen Years Male Offenders who shall be convicted of any Offence under this Act, or who shall be convicted under Eighteen of feloniously setting fire to any Building, Vessel, or Mine, or to any Stack or Steer, victed under this Years of Age con. shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court before which he shall be convicted, Act may be pub- in addition to any other Sentence which may be passed upon him, to be publicly licly or privately or privately whipped in such Manner and as often, not exceeding Thrice, as the whipped. Court shall direct.

Ac- cessories before

X. And be it enacted, That in the Case of every Felony punishable under this As to the Pun- Act, every Principal in the Second Degree and every Accessory before the Fact ishment of shall be punishable in the same Manner as the Principal in the First Degree is by and after the Fact. this Act punishable; and every Accessory after the Fact to any Felony punishable". under this Act shall, on Conviction, be liable to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years.

XI. And be it enacted, That where any Person shall be convicted of any Offence Persons convict- punishable under this Act for which Imprisonment may be awarded, it shall be lawful ed of Offences for for the Court to sentence the Offender to be imprisoned, or to be imprisoned and kept to

which Imprison- bard Labour, in the Common Gaol, or House of Correction, and also to direct that the ment may award- Offender shall be kept in solitary Confinement for any Portion or Portions of such hard Labour, and ed, may be kept to Imprisonment, or of such Imprisonment with hard Labour, not exceeding One Cal- in solitary Con- endar Month at any One Time, and not exceeding Three Calendar Months in finement.

any One Year, as to the Court in its Discretion shall seem meet.

any

House, &c. in

XII. And be it enacted, That any Justice of the Peace of any County, Riding, Justices may is. Division, Liberty, Borough, or Place in which any Gunpowder or other explosive, sue Warrants for dangerous, or noxious Substance is suspected to be made or kept for the Purpose of searching being used in committing an Offence under this Act, upon reasonable Cause assign which any explo- ed upon Oath by any Person or Persons, may issue a Warrant or Warrants under his sive Substance is Hand and Seal for searching in the Daytime any House, Shop, Cellar, Yard, or other suspected to be Place, or any Vessel, in which such Gunpowder or other explosive, dangerous, or

made or kept. noxious Substance is suspected to be made or kept for such Purpose as aforesaid; and that every Person acting in the Execution of any such Warrant shall have, for Persons exe- seizing, removing to proper Places, and detaining all such Gunpowder, explosive, cuting such War- dangerous, or noxious Substances, found upon such Search, which he shall have rants to have same Powers as given good Cause to suspect to be intended to be used in committing an Offence under by 12 G. 3. c. 61. this Act, and the Barrels, Packages, and Cases in which the same shall be, the same Powers which are given to Persons searching for unlawful Quantities of Gunpowder under the Warrant of a Justice by an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act to regulate the making, keeping, aud Carriage of Gunpowder within Great Britain, and to repcal the Laws heretofore made for any of those Purposes.

XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Constable or Peace Any Person loit- Officer to take into Custody, without a Warrant, any Person whom he shall find ering at Night lying er loitering in any Highway, Yard, or other Place during the Night, and suspected of Fel- whom he shall have good Cause to suspect of having Committed or being about to Act may be taken ony under this commit any Felony under this Act, and to detain such Person until he can be into Custody with- brought before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with according to Law.

out Warrant ; XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no such Person having been so but not to be de- apprehended shall be detained after Noon of the following Day without being of the following brought before a Justice of the Peace.

tained after Noon

Day.

XV. And be it enacted, That neither the Justices of the Peace acting in and Offences under for any County, Riding, Division, or Liberty, nor the Recorder of any Borough, this Act not to be shall at any Session of the Peace, or at any Adjournment thereof, try any Person tried by Justices, or Persons for any Offence under this Act.

&c. at Sessions.

c. 38. and 4 G. 4. c. 64.

XVI. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed Nothing in this to extend to the Alteration or Repeal of any of the Powers, Provisions, or Regula. Act to affect Pow- tions contained in an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, ers of 5 & 6 W. 4 intituled An Act for effecting greater Uniformity of Practice in the Government of the several Prisons in England and Wales, and for appointing Inspectors of Prisons in Great Britain, or in an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction in Eng-

land and Wales.

XVII. And be it enacted, That where any Felony punishable under this Act shall be committed within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England or of Ireland, the same shall be dealt with, inquired of, tried, and determined in the same Manner as any other Felony committed within that Jurisdiction.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend to Scotland.

XIX. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

As to Offences committed within the Admiralty Ju- risdiction.

Not to extend to Scotland,

Act may be amended. &c.