LII.[X1LII. Persons of 16 and upwards, who shall not have taken the Oaths before Execution of Act, and being sum moned, shall refuse to take them, or neglect to appear before Commissioners, to pay double.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Person being of the Age of Sixteen Years and upwards and being within this Realm at the Time of the Execution of this Act who shall not before that Time have taken the Oaths mentioned and required to be taken by the said last mentioned Act and upon Summons by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any Two or more of the said Commissioners shall refuse to take the said Oaths at the Time appointed in the said Warrant or shall neglect to appear at such Time before the Commissioners in order to take the said Oaths (which the said Commissioners or any Two or more of them are hereby impowred and required to administer) shall yield and pay unto His Majesty double the Sums and Rates which by force and vertue of any Clause in this Act before mentioned or contained he or she should or ought to pay or be charged with in Manner as is before in this present Act appointed touching Papists or reputed Papists.]

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