# Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, Section 43: Penalty on evading payment of rates.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If the master of any vessel or the owner of any goods evade the payment of the rates payable to the undertakers in respect of such vessel or goods, or any part thereof, he shall pay to them three times the amount of the rates of which he shall so have evaded the payment, and the same shall be recovered from such master or owner respectively in the same manner as penalties imposed by this Act are directed to be recovered, or by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/27/section/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-docks-and-piers-clauses-act-1847/section-43
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