Excise (Arrears) Act 1663

Sureties of Commissioners, &c. not pardoned by 12 Car. 2. c. 11. declared liable.

Be it declared and enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majestie by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by Authoritie of the same That where any Commissioner Sub Commissioner Treasurer and all other Officers which were heretofore imployed in the Receipt of the Excise, Farmer, or Collector of Excise which are and standeth charged with, or accomptable for any Dutyes of Excise by him or them received farmed or detained or any wayes due from the persons before named or any of them and not pardoned by the late Act entituled An Act of Free and Generall Pardon Indempnity and Oblivion that there and in such case all and every the Suretyes of such person and persons charged or chargeable as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be lyable and answerable according to the nature of their respective Securityes Any doubt or question made touching the Construction of the said late Act of Free and Generall Pardon to the contrary notwithstanding