Commentary on Sections Supplemental provisions relating to sections 47 and 50 Section 53 Customs and Excise prosecutions
129.This section permits the Customs and Excise Commissioners to enforce proceedings under sections 47 and 50, in cases involving the movement of a nuclear weapon across a border. Officers of the Commissioners is able to institute offences in England and Wales and Northern Ireland (assuming the Attorney General gives his consent under section 55.