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     ROYAL GAZETTE. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     or in order to enlist or enter himself to serve, or with 
     
     intent to serve in any warlike or military operation 
     
     whatever, whether by land or by sea. in the service of 
     
     or for or under in aid of any foreign Prince, state, 
     
     potentate, colony, province, .or part of any prov- 
     
     ince or people, or in the sorvwe of or. for or under. or 
     
     a in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming 
     
     to exercise the powers of government in or over any 
     
     foreign country. corony province. or part of any 
     
     province or peeple, 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 he in any or either of the cases aforesaid 
     
     actually paid to or received by him,or by any person to or 
     
     {or his use or benefit; or if any person whatever. Wltllill 
     
     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. ord’lacc he- 
     
     longing to or subject to His Majesty, shall hire, retain, 
     
     engage, or procure, or shall attempt or endeavor to lure, 
     
     retain, engage, or procure any person or persons what- 
     
     ever to enlist, or to enter or engage to enlist. or to serve 
     
     or be employed in any such service or employment as 
     
     aforesaid. as an oflicer, soldier, sailor or marine, either 
     
     in land or sea serv1ce, for or under or in aid of any for- 
     
     eign Prince. State, Potentatc, Celeny. Province, or part 
     
     of any Province or people, or lor or undenor in aid of 
     
     any person or persons chrc.sing on assuming to exer- 
     
     cise any powers ofGovcrnnicnt as aforesaid, or to go or 
     
     to agree to go or embark from any part ol llis Majes- 
     
     ty’s Dominions, for the purpose or wnh intent to be so 
     
     enlisted, entered, engaged, or employed as aforesaid, 
     
     whether any enlisting money, pay or reward shall have 
     
     been or shall be actually g1 Ven or received, or not; in 
     
     any or either of such CaSes, every person so offend- 
     
     ing shall be deemed guilty ofa nasalcnieanm', and upon 
     
     being convicted thereof, upon any information or in- 
     
     dictmentshall 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 extend 
     
     to render any person or pet-Sons liable to any punishment; 
     
     or penalty under this Act, who at any time before the 
     
     first day of August one thousand eight hundred and 
     
     nineteen, within any part of the United Kingdom, or 
     
     the Islands of Jersoy. Guernsey. Alderney, or bark, or 
     
     at any time before the fist day of November one thou- 
     
     sand eight hundred and nineteen, in any part or place 
     
     out of the United Kingdom. or of the said Islands, 
     
     shall have taken or accepted. or agreed to take oa ac. 
     
     cept any Military commission, or shall have otherwise 
     
     enlisted into any Military Service as a Commissioned 
     
     or Non-Commissioned Officer, or shall have enlisted, 
     
     or entered himself to enlist, or shall have agreed to on— 
     
     list or to enter himsell'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 military operation, 
     
     either as an officer 0r 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 entered himself to serve 
     
     or shall have served, or having so served shall continue 
     
     to serve as a sailor. or marine, or shall have been em- 
     
     ployed or engaged. or shall have served. or having so 
     
     served shall, after the said first day of Au ust, continue 
     
     to serve in and on board any ship or vessc of war, used 
     
     or fitted out. or equipped or intended for any warlike 
     
     purpose; 0r shall have engaged, or contracted or agreed 
     
     4 to go, or shall have gone to. or having so gone to shall 
     
     after the said first day of August, continue in any for- 
     
     eign State, Country, Colony,1’rovince, or part of a Pro- 
     
     vince. 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 
     
    

    
     glands of Jersey. GuerDSey, Alderney. or Sark. with 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     intent to serve as an officer, soldier, sailor. or marine. 
     
     contrary to the provisions ofthis Act, alter the, said first 
     
     day of August. or shall embark or proceed from some 
     
     port or place out of the United Kingdom, orthe Islands 
     
     of Jersey. Guernsey. Alderney. or Sark, With such in. 
     
     tent as aforesaid, after the said first day of November 
     
     onethousand eight hundred and nineteen, in any port 
     
     or place out of the said United Kingdom, or the said 
     
     Islands, have hired, retained. engaged, or procured, or 
     
     attempted or endeavored tohire. retain, engage, or pro- 
     
     cure any person or persons whatever. to enlist or to 
     
     enter. or to engage to enlist or to serve, or he employ- 
     
     ed in any such sauce or ctnployt'nent as aforesaid, us 
     
     an oflicer, soldier, sailor or marine, either in land or 
     
     sea service, or to go, or ttgl’vu to go or embark for the 
     
     purpose or with the intent to he so enlisted, entered or 
     
     engaged or employed, contrary to the prohibitions rc- 
     
     spectivcly in this Act contained, anything in this Act 
     
     contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; 
     
     but that all and every such persons and person shall be 
     
     in such state and condition. and no other. and shall be 
     
     liable to such fines. penalties. forfeiturcs, and disabili- 
     
     ties, and llOlte. other, as such person or persons was or 
     
     WH‘O liable and subject to before the passing ofthis 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 enactcd, 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, whcr I any oifcnce made punishable 
     
     by this act as a misdemeanor shall be Committed. on in- 
     
     formation on oath ofany such offence. to issue his war~ 
     
     out for the apprehension ()l the otl'cndcr, 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 otfcndcr shall be brought, to 
     
     examine into the nature of the offence upon oath, and to 
     
     commit such person to jail, there to remain until deliver- 
     
     cd by due cour~c oflaw, unless such oll'cndct‘ shall give 
     
     bail to the satisfaction of the said Justice. to appear and 
     
     answer to any information or irdictmcnt tobe preferred 
     
     against him, according to law, for the said offence; and 
     
     that all such otfcuccs which shall be committed within 
     
     that part of the United Kingdom called England. shall 
     
     and may he proceeded and tried in his Majesty’s Court 
     
     of King’s Bench at Westminster, and the Venue in such 
     
     case laid at Westminster. or at the Assich or Session 
     
     onyer and ’l‘rcminc ' audGaol Delivery,or at any quarter 
     
     or general sessions of the Peace in and for the County or 
     
     Place where such offence was committed; and that all 
     
     such ofi'enccs which shall be committed within that part 
     
     of the United Kingdom called Ireland, shall and may be 
     
     prosecuted in His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at 
     
     Dublin, and the Venue be laid at Dublin. or at any As- 
     
     sizes or Session of chr and 'l‘rcmiucr and Gaol Delivery, 
     
     or at any quarter or general sessions of the peace in and 
     
     for the County or place wher: such ott'encc was commit— 
     
     ted; and all such ofl‘enccs as shall be committed in Scot- 
     
     land, shall and may be prt.)secutcd in the Court of Justi« 
     
     ciary in Scotland, or any other Court competent to try 
     
     criminal ott'cnccs committed within the County, Shire. 
     
     or Stewartry within which such oti'ence was committed; 
     
     and where any offence made punishable by this act as a 
     
     misdemeanor shall be committed out of the said United 
     
     Kingdom, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace 
     
     residing near to the port or place where such otl'encc shall 
     
     be committed, on information on oath of any such offence, 
     
     to issue his warrant for the apprehension of the offend- 
     
     er, and to cause him to be brought before such Justice. 
     
     or any other Justice of the P -acc for such place; and it 
     
     shall be lawful for the Justice of the Peace before whom 
     
     such offender shall be brought, to examine into the na— 
     
     ture of the offence upon oath, and to commit such person 
     
     to Gaol, there to remain until delivered by duecourse of 
     
     law. or otherwise to hold such offender to bail to answer 
     
     for such offence in the Superior Court competent to try 
     
     and having jurisdiction to try criminal offences commit~ 
     
     ted in such port or place; and all such offences commit~ 
     
     ted at any place out ofthe said United Kingdom shall and 
     
     may be prosecuted and tried in any superiOr Court oinl