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Finance Act 1898

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4Prohibition against grogging casks which have contained spirits.

(1)A person shall not—

(a)subject any cask to any process for the purpose of extracting any spirits absorbed in the wood thereof ; or

(b)have on his premises any cask which is being subjected to any such process, or any spirits extracted from the wood of any cask.

(2)If any person contravenes this section, he shall for each offence incur a fine of fifty pounds.

(3)All spirits extracted in contravention of this section shall be deemed to be spirits unlawfully kept or deposited within the meaning of the [43 & 44 Vict. c. 24.] Spirits Act, 1880, and every cask which is being subjected to any such process, or which being upon premises upon which spirits so extracted are found has been subjected to any such process, shall be forfeited.

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