Taxation Act 1698

XXI. Recital of c.4. ante, §1.

Distiller abating Quantities of Low Wines which he might draw, equal to those he exceeded, as herein mentioned, not liable to Prosecution.

And whereas by an Act made this present Session of Parliament intituled An Act to prohibit the excessive distilling of Spirits and Low Wines from Corne and against the exporting of Beere and Ale and to prevent Frauds in Distillers it is enacted That no Person whatsoever from and after the last Day of January in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety eight and before the first Day of February which shall be in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety nine shall draw distill or make any Brandy Aqua Vitæ Spirits or Low Wines whatsoever other than such Quantities as are allowed by the said Act from any Malt Corne or Graine whatsoever under the Penalties and Forfeitures therein mentioned And whereas severall Distillers of this Kingdom their Servants and Agents had incurred the Penalties of the said Law without any knowledge thereof by distilling in the Two Months betwixt the last of January. One thousand six hundred ninety eight and the first of Aprill One thousand six hundred ninety nine greater Quantities of Spirits or Low Wines from Corne than the said Act doth allow Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every such Distiller his Servant or Agent who in the next succeeding Month or Months after the One and thirtieth Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety nine shall abate of the Quantities of such Low Wines and Spirits which he might lawfully draw in the same so much as he exceeded the Quantities allowed in the said Two Months shall not be prosecuted or have any Penalty inflicted upon him for or on Account of such breach of the said Act in the said Two Months Any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding