DISTILLATION ACT 1901 (REPEALED)
The following are forfeited to the Crown:
(i) All illicit stills, and other stills in which spirits have been distilled in contravention of this Act;
(ii) All illicit spirits, and the vessels in which they are contained;
(iii) All material capable of being used in the course of or in connexion with the distillation of spirits found on any premises on which there is an illicit still;
(iv) All vehicles, boats and animals conveying or having on board, or having packed therein or thereon, any illicit still or illicit spirits, and all animals and harness used in drawing any such vehicle;
(v) All wort and all wash removed from a distillery except by authority;
(vi) All low wines, feints, or spirits in any receiver or charger with which or to which any substance has been mixed or added except by authority which increases their specific gravity or prevents their true strength from being ascertained;
(vii) All wort or wash in a distillery the gravity of which cannot be correctly ascertained by the prescribed saccharometer;
(viii) All wort, wash, or fermented liquor unlawfully in a distillery;
(ix) All spirits found in any distillery elsewhere than in the proper charger, receiver, spirit store, or spirit warehouse;
(x) All spirits to which wine has been added for the purpose of breaking down or reducing the strength of the spirits.
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