The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-17 00:00:00

ALIEN LAW.

(Continued from our Paper of Saturday.)
Forfeitures, Penalties, and Punishments.
Art. SG. The goods of which the importation,
exportation, or transportation, is forbidden by
this regulation, being notwithstanding imported,
exported, or transported, shall be declared for-
feited.
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hi case the sable are entered under false names
or packed with other goods, besides the forfeiture
of the whole, the person entering them shall in-
cur the penalty of 1000 guilders.
Art. 57• All goods imported or exported,
which according to this regulation must be enter-
ed at the custom-house, and which not withstand-

big are not, or of which entries have been made
under false titles with a view to evade the p«iy-

meat of a higi►er duty, or such as shall be dis-
charged, t►►ken in, or transported without per-

mits, shall be declared forfeited.
Art. 58. Goods conveyed upon forbidden wa-
ters, or landed, discharged, or put on shore at
forbidden places, Oran be declared forfeited.
Art. 59. The commander, officer, or supercar-
go, who neglects giving in the certificate required
by article 22 of this regulation, within twice
twenty-four hours,, shall forfeit a penalty of 200

guilders.
Art. 60. The captain or owner, who causes
entered goods to be transported, in loading or
discharging, without their being accompanied with
permits and other necmn4-y papers, shall forfeit
the penally of 500 guilders.
Art. 61. The captains who transfer goods from
one ship to another lying in the roads, without
having express permission, shall forfeit the sum of
500 guilders.
Art. 62. Those who discharge or load at for-
bidden times shall forfeit 300 guilders.
Art. 63. The declaration of forfeiture will not
he the consequence of errors in delivering wrong
packs, marks, numbers or initials, while there is
no deception attempted, and the goods are really
the same tor which they were entered. The ex-
pences incurred by the seizure of such goods,how-
ever, must be sustained by the captain or owner.
Arty 64. The vessels from which the goods
are discharged, or on board which they are ship-
per! or transported, are held bound for incurred
forfeitures.

Au. G. Those who wilfully oppose or annoy
custom-house officers in the performance of their
duties, shall he punished according to circutw-
mances with scourging, banishment, a forfeiture
in money not exceeding 1000 guilders.
The management and superintendance of the import

and export Duties.
Art. 66. The collection of -the customs is con-
fided at Batavia, Satnarantr and Sourabaya, to
distinct and suitable officers, with the title of
" Receiver of the import and export duties."--
7n the other residencies at which the native and
coasting vessels only are admitted, the collection
is confided to the harbour-masters or other of,
ficers there, but never to the resident.
Art. 67. The charge of observing that the laws
are duly complied with, and of conducting the
legal prosecutions relative to their violation, is
confided to officers under the titles of water-fiscais,
who must reside at Batavia, Samarang, and Sou-

rabaya.
Art. 68. In the other residencies at which the
beforementioned vessels alone are admitted, the
charge of observing that the laws are complied
with, is confided to hoofd kommissen or head
dolts, or, in case of indisposition, to the receiv-
ers themselves.
Art. 69. The head and other clerks, who are
associated with the ‘vater-fiscals as assistants,
are subordinate to these, and must make reports.
of their transactions to the water-fiscals of their
respective districts.-
Art. 7O The water fiscals are subordinate to
the fiscal-general at Battvia, which office is pro-
visionally conferred on the attcirney-general of
the supreme court.
Art. 71. The more exact regulations regarding
the rights and duties of these offices, shall be de-
termined by separate instructions.
Seizures, legal Proceedingi, and Compromise.

Art. 72. All costom-house officers are autho-
rized, even out of the place to which they be--
long, to inform of the breach of the laws in the
seizure of goods, relative to which this regula-
tion treats.
Art. 73. The officers seizing goods, shall de-
liver them into the public store, for the purpose
of being opened and examined by a Committee
from the Court of Justice, under ‘rhose jurisdic-
tion they are seized. In case the owner or his
agent choose that the goods be opened at the
place where they were seized, it musche done,and
they exatnired under the superintendance of the
resident or assistant resident.
Art..74..After this examination, only the goods.
relative to which the breach of the laws was made,
shall be retained, 'and the remaining goods shall
be immediately restored, provided the forfeiture
be duly deposited.
Art. 75. The same course shall be pursued with
regard to ships departing, whether Netherlands,
or toreign,—the concealed goods to be taken out,
and the captain left at liberty to depart immedi-
ately on depositing the penalty.
Art. 76. The customhouse officers shall im-
mediately make the water-fiscal acquainted with
all seizures they make.
Art. 77. All legal proceedings relative to the
breach of laws regulating customs, shall be
brought by the water-fiscals of the first instance
at Batavia, before the magistrate or such other
court as may he there in future established, and
at-Samarang and Sourahaya, before the Courts of
Justice, for so far as their respective jurisdic-
tions extend.
Art. 78. The cases shall be according
to the proceedings usual with the counsellors of

justice.
Art. 79. Appeal can be made from the deci-
sions of the abovementioned court and council of
the first instance, in concerns of 500 guilder's
and upwards, to the supreme court at Batavia.
.Art. 80. There► can be no compromise or
agreement made relative to the breach of the re-
gillations for the import and export' duties,

except under the superintendence, or with Abe
sanction of the judge, and after the opinion of
fiscal-general shall have been taken. 001,
In violations by native commanders of 119111;e!
or coasting vessels, this sanction shall not
necessary, and the settlement can be made "' of
the superintendence of the resident or assist'''.
resident. ' on
Art. 81. A settlement otherwise agreed "1%,
than determined by the above article, 61101
attended with no consequences to the violsi°:,
though notwithstanding he shall be obliged to riesd.
the forfeiture, while the officers who have sdtli' -
the matter in an illegal manner shall be Pun's''.
ed as circumstances may require.
Art. 82. The nett-proceeds of goods decisfej'
forfeited or of collected forfeitures, shall for °Pg.
third result to the benefit of the public treasuP
while the other two-thirds shall be
equally
vided between the Fiscal-General, the Willi
fiscal of the district where the seizure is 1//8“
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and the informer.
Commissioners-General for Netherlands
.By order of the same,
The Secrete' y•General.,„
(Signed) D ' OZ
Batavia, Aug. '2B, 18 IS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE;

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY IS.

WOLF.
Mr. CHITTY, at theMOSELEY O rising of the Court at `).aL
I,e
o'clock, moved for a writ of levari facias, for. thy
purpose of levying upon this defendant's g(),114
and chattels the amount of the tine of 10,1111'30.
which, as part of his sentence on Friday, lje v;t
adjudged to pay to the King, on an affid6ce:j
which stated, that after the sentence had Pa'
upon the defendant, persons on his behalf were
employed in clandestinely removing property tyre
very considerable amount front his house and die
mites, for the purpose of conveying it out '" 'tej
country, which purpose would have been effeci4o,
but for the interposition of the Lord Mayor, we,
had sent some of his officers to:prevent tbe re,
'nova' of the property, part of which bad beets
is
tually carried off, and traced to the river aide'itsi
order to be conveyed on board a ship boon'

Holland.
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Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—The Court (havicriv,cti
precedent) do not authorise the issuing o' "I'lls
process, but if you are entitled to it by law'
law is open to you. tt i 'I
It is said that the property of the defendan
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in
tempted to be removed is worth nearly •-i°