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CRIMINAL LIBEL ACT 1819 - SECT 1

Court to make order for the seizure of copies of the libel in possession of the persons against whom verdicts shall have been had, &c.

1.] In every case in which any verdict or judgment by default shall be had
against any person for composing, printing, or publishing any blasphemous
libel, or any seditious libel tending to bring into hatred or contempt the
person of His Majesty or the government and constitution of the United Kingdom
as by law established, or either House of Parliament, or to excite His
Majesty's subjects to attempt the alteration of any matter in Church or State
as by law established, otherwise than by lawful means, it shall be lawful for
the judge or the court before whom or in which such verdict shall have been
given, or the court in which such judgment by default shall be had, to make an
order for the seizure and carrying away and detaining in safe custody, in such
manner as shall be directed in such order, all copies of the libel which shall
be in the possession of the person against whom such verdict or judgment shall
have been had, or in the possession of any other person named in the order for
his use, evidence upon oath having been previously given to the satisfaction
of such court or judge, that a copy or copies of the said libel is or are in
the possession of such other person for the use of the person against whom
such verdict or judgment shall have been had as aforesaid; and in every such
case it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, or for any constable or
other peace officer, acting under any such order, or for any person or persons
acting with or in aid of any such justice of the peace, constable, or other
peace officer, to search for any copies of such libel in any house, building,
or other place whatsoever belonging to the person against whom any such
verdict or judgment shall have been had, or to any other person so named, in
whose possession any copies of any such libel, belonging to the person against
whom any such verdict or judgment shall have been had, shall be; and in case
admission shall be refused or not obtained within a reasonable time after it
shall have been first demanded, to enter by force by day into any such house,
building, or place whatsoever, and to carry away all copies of the libel there
found, and to detain the same in safe custody, until the same shall be
restored under the provisions of this Act, or disposed of according to any
further order made in relation thereto.

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