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any n‘lzlfiary commission, or shall otherwise enter into the military service as a commissioned or non-commis- sioned officer, or shall enlist or enter himself to enlist, or shall agree to enlist or to enter himself, to serve as a soldier, or to be employed or shall serve in any war- like or military operation, in the service of or for or under or in aid of any foreign prince, state, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province or people, or of any person or persons exercxsmg. _or assuming to exercise, the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony. province. or part of any pro- vince or people, either as an officer or a soldier, or in anv other military capacity; or if any natural-born subject of His Majesty shall without such leave or license, as aforesaid, accept, or agree to take or accept, an commission, warrant, or appointment as an officer, or shall enlist or enter himself, or shall agree to enlist or enter himself, to serve as a sailor or marine, or to be employed or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, or m and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped or intended to be used for any warlike purpose, in the service of or for or under or in aid of any foreign power, Prince, State, Potentate, Colony, Province, or part of any Pro- vince or peeple, or of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people; or if any natural-born subject of His Majesty shall, without such leave and license as aforesaid, engage, contract, or agree to go. or shall go to any foreign state, country, colony, province, or part of any province, or to any place beyond the seas, with an intent or in order to enlist or enter himself to serve. or with intent to serve in any warlike or military opera- tion whatever, whether by land or by sea, in the ser- vice of or for or under or in aid of any foreign prince. state, potentate, colony. province, or part of any pro- vince or people, or in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of goycrnment in or over any foreign country, colony, provmee, or part of any pro- vince or people, either as an officer or a soldier. or in any other military capacity, or as an officer or sailor or marine. in any such ship or vessel as aforesaid, although no enlisting money or pay or reward shall have been or shall be in any or either of the cases aforesaid actually paid to or received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit; or if any person Whatever, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any part of His Majesty's Dominions elsewhere, or in any Country, Colony, Settlement, Island, or Place belonging to or subject to His Majesty. shall hire, retain, engage, or procure, or shall attempt or endeavor to hire, retain ,engnge.0r p rocure any person pr persons whatever to enlist, or to enter or engage to enlist,or to serve or be employed in any such service or employment as afore- said. as an officer. soldier, sailor or marine, either in land or sea service, for or under or in aid of any foreign Prince. State, Potentate, Colony, Province, or part of any Province or peOple. or. for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercismg or assuming to exercise any powers of Government as aforesaid, or to go or to agree to go or embark from any part of His Majesty’s Dominions, for the purpose or with intent to be so en- listed, entered, engaged, or employed as aforesaid, whether any enlisting money, pay or reward shall have been or shall be actually given or received, or not; in any or either of such cases, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon being convicted thereof. upon any information or in- dictment, shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the court before which such offender shall be convicted.

III. Provided always, and be it enacted. that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to L '— tend to render any person 0r persons liable to any pui ishmcnt or penalty under this Act, who, at any tir .

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before the first day of August one thousand eight hun- dred and nineteen, within any part of the United King- dom, or the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Sark, or at any time before the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, in any art er place out of the United Kingdom, or of the sai Is- lands, shall have taken or accepted, or a reed to take or accept any Military commission. or shal have other— wise enlisted into any Military Service as a Commis- sioned or Non-Commissioned Officer, or shall have en- listed. or entered himself to enlist, or shall have agreed to enlist or to enter himself to serve as a soldier, or shall have served, or having so served shall, after the said first day of August one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, continue to serve in any warlike or mili- tary operation, either as an officer or soldier, or in any other military capacity, or shall have accepted, or agreed to take or accept any commission, warrant or appointment as an officer, or shall have enlisted or enter himself to serve or shall have served, or having so served shall continue to serve as a. sailor, or marine, or shall have been employed or engaged, or shall have served, or having so served shall, after the said first day of August, continue to serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, used or fitted out, or equipped or intended for any warlike purpose; or shallhave engaged, or contracted or agreed to go, or shall have gone to, or having so gone to shall after the said first day of August, continue in any foreign State, Countr , Colony, Province. or part of a Province, or to, or in any place beyond the seas, unless such person or persons shall embark at or proceed from some port or place within the United Kingdom, or the Islands of J ersey, Guern- sey. Alderney, or Sark, with intent to serve as an officer. soldier, sailor, or marine, contrary to the provisions of this Act, after the said first day of August, or shall em- bark or proceed from some port or place out of the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Sark, with such intent as aforesard, after the said first day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. in any port 01‘ place out of the United Kingdom, or the said Islands, have hired. re- tained, engaged, or procured, or attempted or endea- vored to hire, retain, engage, or procure any person or persons whatever, to enlist or to enter. or to engage to enlist or to serve. or be employed in any such service or employment as aforesaid. as an officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, either inland or sea service, or to 0, or agree to go or embark for the purpose or witht e in- tcnt to be so enlisted, entered or engaged or employed. contrary to the prohibitions respectively in this Act contained, anything in this Act contained to the con- trary in anywise notwithstanding; but that all and every such persons and persOu shall be in such state and condition, and no other, and shall be liable to such fines, penalties, forfeitures, and disabilities, and none other, as such person or persons was or were liable and subject to before the passing of this Act, and as such person or persons would have been in, and been liable and subject to, in case this Act and the said recited Acts by this Act repealed had not been passed or made.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the Peace residing at or near to any port or place within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, where any offence made punishable by this act as a misdemeanor shall be com- mitted, on information on oath of any such offence, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the offender, and to cause him to be brought before such Justice, or any Justice of the Peace; and it shall be lawful for the Justice of the Peace before whom such offender shall be brought. to examine into the nature of the offence upon oath. and to commit such person to jail, there to remain until delivered by due course of law, unless such offender shall give bail to the satisfaction of the said Justice, to appear and answer to any information or in- dictment to be pi'eferred against lull]. according to law,