Navy and Ordnance Act 1662

V. Justices or Persons appointed by Admiralty, &c. taking Gift to spare any Person, or charging Persons not liable, or impressing more Carriages than necessary. Penalty £10.

Persons not empowered impressing Carriages, Horses, Ships, &c. Punishment as by 12 Car. II. c. 24.

Provided alwaies that in case any Justice of the Peace Mayor Cheife Officer or Constable or any Person or Persons which shall be appointed by the Lord High Admirall the principal Officers or Commissioners of His Majesties Navy the Master of His Majesties Ordnance or the Leiutenant of His Majesties Ordnance as aforesaid respectively shall take any gift or reward to spare any person or persons from making such Carriage by Land or by Water or shall injuriously charge or greive any person or persons through envy hatred or evil will who ought not to make such carriage or shall impresse more carriages then the necessity of the service shall require or then he shall be commanded to impresse by his Superiours that then upon due proofe and conviction thereof the party so offending shall forfeit the su[m]m of Ten pounds to the party thereby greived who may sue for the same to be recovered by Action of debt in any of his Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed And in case any person or persons shall presume to take upon him or them to impresse any Horses Oxen Waynes or Carriages for Land or any Ships Hoys Lighters Boates or other Vessel for the service of his Majesties Navy or Ordnance other then the persons so impowered as aforesaid then he or they so offending shall upon due conviction of the said Offence incur and suffer the punishment in the first recited Act