Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711

XI Magistrates forbidding or hindering such Meetings, penalty £100.E+W+S

And if the Magistrates of any Town or Place or others pretending to have Authority or Jurisdiction any where in Scotland shall in contempt of this Law forbid or hinder those of the Episcopal Perswasion from meeting or assembling together for Divine Worship in the Places subject to their Jurisdiction or shall shut up or cause to be shut up the Doors of the Houses or other Places where such Episcopal Assemblies are held or intended to be held such Magistrates and others so offending upon Proof thereof before the Court of Justiciary by Two or more sufficient Witnesses shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds Sterling to be distributed as aforesaid.