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No. 15. Customs (Amendment). 1973.


 wounds any officer or constable in
 the execution of his office or duty,
 shall be guilty of a felony and shall
 be liable on conviction on indictment
 to imprisonment for a term not ex-
 ceeding fifteen years.
 (b) Any person aiding, abetting or
 assisting such a person shall be
 guilty of a felony and shall be liable
 on conviction on indictment to im-
 prisonment for a term not exceeding
 fifteen years.
 (2) Any person concerned in the movement,
 carriage or conceainent of goods:-
 (a) Contrary to or for the purpose of
 contravening any prohibition or re-
 striction for the time being in force
 or by vir tue of any enactment with
 respect to the importation or export-
 ation thereof; or
 (b) without payment having been made
 of or security given for any duty
 payable thereon,
 who, while so couciJI is armed with any offen-
 sive weapon or disguised in any way, and any
 person so armed or disguised who is found in
 possession of any goods liable to forfeiture under
 the customs laws shall be liable on conviction on
 indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceed-
 ing three years.

Penalty for 85. (1) Any person who by any means makes
signalling to any. signal or transmits any message from any
smugglers. part of the State or from any ship or aircraft for
 the information of a person in any ship or air-
 craft, being a signal or message connected with
 the smuggling or intended smuggling of goods
 into or out of the State, whether or not the person
 for whom the signal or message is intended is in
 a position to receive it or is actually engaged at
 the time in smuggling goods, shall be liable to
 a penalty of five hundred dollars, or to imprison-
 ment for a term not exceeding one year, or to
 both, and any equipment or apparatus used for