Sale of Offices Act 1551 (repealed)

1. Introductory Text

2. For avoiding Corruption in Offices of Justice or Places of Trust;

3. [I.]. Penalty on selling any Office, or receiving or agreeing to receive Money, &c. for any Office concerning the Administration of Justice, or the Receipt or Controul of the King’s Revenue, or the keeping, &c. of any Town, Castle, or Fortress, or any Clerkship in any Court of Record;On the Seller, Forfeiture of all Title to the Office sold; On the Buyer, Disability to hold such Office bought, &c.

4. II. All such Sales and Agreements, &c, declared void.

5. III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. IV. Acts done by any Officer offending, before his Removal, declared valid.

7. V, VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .