21. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, in case any libel, information, or other suit or proceeding whatsoever, shall be commenced and brought to trial, in the court of vice admiralty in the said island of _Newfoundland_, on account of the seizure of any ship, vessel, boat, or goods, for the condemnation of the same, for any of the causes herein-before mentioned, wherein a decree shall be pronounced for or in favour of the defendant or defendants, claimer or claimers thereof, and it shall appear to the judge or court, before whom the same shall be tried, that there was a probable cause for seizing the said ship, vessel, boat, or goods, the judge before whom the said cause shall be tried shall certify on the record that there was a probable cause for the seizing of the said ship, vessel, boat, or goods; a copy of which certificate shall be delivered to the prosecutor, under the hands and seals of such judge or judges; and that, in such case, the defendant shall not be intitled to any costs of suit whatsoever, nor shall the person or persons who seized such ship, vessel, boat, or goods, be liable to any action, indictment, or other prosecution, on account of such seizure; and that if any action, indictment, or prosecution, shall be brought or preferred against any person or persons, who shall have obtained such copy of such certificate as aforesaid, in any of his Majesty’s courts in _Great Britain_, such copy shall be admitted in evidence on behalf of the defendant or defendants, and shall have the like force and effect as the certificate on record would have had in the case of such action, indictment, or other prosecution, being brought or preferred in the island of _Newfoundland_. [Sidenote: Plaintiff gaining a verdict shall not be intitled to costs, if there was probable cause of seizure.] 22. And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any action, indictment, or other prosecution, shall be commenced and brought to trial against any person or persons whatsoever, on account of the seizure of any such ship, vessel, boat or goods, wherein a verdict shall be given against the defendant or defendants, if the court or judge before whom such action or prosecution shall be tried shall certify on the record that there was a probable cause of such seizure, that the plaintiff, besides his ship, vessel, boat, or goods, so seized, or the value thereof, shall not be intitled to above two-pence damages, nor to any costs of suit, nor shall the defendant in such prosecution be fined above one shilling. [Sidenote: Limitation of actions. General issue. Treble costs.]