Taxation (Wine and Vinegar) Act 1685

IV. Liquors landed, without paying or securing Duties, forfeited.

And bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That if any of the said Liquors shall be Imported within the Time aforesaid and Landed without present Payment made of the Rates and Duties by this Act imposed in Cases where this Act requires present Payment to be made or without Security given for Payment thereof in Cases where this Act admitts of Security to be taken That then and in every such Case all and every the Liquors soe Imported and Landed or the value thereof shall bee forfeited One Moyety thereof to His Majestie and the other Moyety to him or them that shall or will Sue for the same And shall and may be Recovered in any Court of Record by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed nor any more then One Imparlance And yet neverthelesse the person soe Importing and Landing any of the said Liquors shall notwithstanding such Forfeitures soe as aforesaid incurred remaine and continue lyable unto and shall answere and pay unto His Majestie the Rates and Duties for such Liquors which by this Act are due and payable.