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Taxation Act 1678
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XXIII.The like Offence by any Officer of the Exchequer.
Penalty.
And bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Officer or Officers mentioned in this Act or in any wise belonging to the Exchequer shall wittingly and [X1willingly] offend against this Law or any Clause therein by diverting or misapplying any of the Moneys collected by vertue of this Act or any Loane had thereupon contrary to the true intent and meaning of the said Act that for any and every such offence such Officer and Officers soe offending shall forfeite his Office and Place and is and are hereby disabled and made incapeable to hold or execute the said Office or any other Office whatsoever for the future.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: willfully O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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