Excise Act 1663

II. Commissioners under 12 Car. II. cc. 23, 24. not to farm this Revenue.

No Farmer capable of being nominated a Commissioners of Excise.; Penalty.; All Acts done by such Persons void.; Persons troubled by them may have their Action and recover Damages.

And be it further enacted by Authoritie aforesaid That from and after the Eighth day of November in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixtie and five noe person or persons whatsoever nominated by His Majestie to be in Commission for the regulateing of His Majesties Revenue of Excise or for the Exercise of any the Powers or Authorities mentioned in an Act Entituled A Grant of certaine Impositions upon Beere Ale and other Liquors for the encrease of His Majesties Revenue dureing His life or one other Act Entituled An Act for takeing away the Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures in Capite by Knights Service and Purveyance and for setleing a Revenue upon His Majestie in lieu thereof or in this present, Act shall presume to farme the said Revenue of His Majestie either directly or indirectly by obtaining Letters Patents to him or themselves thereof; or any person or persons whatsoever intrusted for him or them or to or for his or their use benefitt or behoofe, Nor that any person or persons whatsoever being a Farmer of the said Revenue shall be any way capeable to be nominated Commissioner for the regulating His Majesties said Revenue of Excise or exerciseing any Powers or Authorities concerning the same, But if any person or persons who stands thus disabled as aforesaid to be nominated a Commissioner shall become a Farmer and shall in either of the said cases neverthelesse presume directly or indirectly to act as a Commissioner Farmer or Sub Commissioner to execute the Powers and Authorities aforesaid either alone or joyntly with other persons that are Farmers, or else with any [X1 others] who are not Farmers shall from and after such his acting lose the benefitt of his said Farme, and be thenceforth totally for ever disabled to be either Farmer of the said Revenue or Commissioner for the regulating thereof and exercising the Powers aforesaid, And that all and every, act and acts done by any Commissioner or Commissioners or Sub Commissioners being Farmer or Farmers by him or themselves or joyntly with others who are not Farmers shall be void in Law and of none effectt, And that all and every person or persons any way molested or troubled by the command and authoritie of such Commissioner or Commissioners acting by him or themselves or together with others who are not Farmers or Commissioners may bring his Action at Law for the same in any of His Majesties Courts at Westminster and thereby recover his Damages against any such Commissioner or Commissioners Any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: other O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]