1813: 53 George 3 c.21: An Act for authorising the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make an Allowance for the necessary Subsistence of poor Persons confined for Debts or Penalties sued for under their Orders.
[23d March 1813.]
WHEREAS in consequence of their not receiving any Allowance whereon to subsist during their Confinement, Distress is sometimes suffered by poor Persons confined under Exchequer Process, for the Recovery of Duties and Penalties under or by virtue of the Acts of Parliament relating to the Duties of Customs and Excise under Warrants of Commitment in Execution commonly called Body Warrants, issued by the Commissioners of Excise in England, or by Justices of the Peace within Great Britain, under or by virtue of Acts of Parliament relating to the Departments of Customs and Excise respectively, or under Writs of Extent for Debts due to His Majesty, sued for under or by virtue of the Order of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in England and Scotland respectively, or upon Bonds taken pursuant to Orders in Council; and it is therefore expedient, that the Authority herein after mentioned should be given to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in England and Scotland respectively; Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,
[Allowance to poor Persons confined under Exchequer Process.]
That, for the necessary Subsistence of any poor Person confined under or by virtue of any Exchequer Process, for the Recovery of any Duties or Penalties under or by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be made, relating to the Departments of Customs and Excise, or either of them, or confined under or by virtue of any Warrant or Warrants of Commitment in Execution commonly called A Body Warranty issued by the Commissioners of Excise in England, or by any Justices of the Peace within Great Britain, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be made, relating to the Department of Customs and Excise, or either of them, or confined under or by virtue of any Writ or Writs of Extent for Debts due to His Majesty, sued for under or by virtue of the Order of the Commissioners of Customs or Excise in England and Scotland respectively, or on Suit upon Bonds taken pursuant to Orders in Council, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Commissioners of Customs or Excise, as the case may require, or any Four or more of them in England, or any Three or more of them in Scotland, to cause an Allowance not exceeding the Sum of Seven pence Halfpenny and not less than Four pence Halfpenny per Day to be made to any such poor Person, out of any Money in their Hands respectively, arising from the Duties of Customs or Excise, as the case may require.