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Parliamentary Elections (Returns) Act 1695
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IV.Securities to procure Return void.
Giving such Security; Penalty £300.
And bee it further enacted That all Contracts Promises Bonds and Securities whatsoever hereafter made or given to procure any Returne of any Member to serve in Parliament or any thing relating thereunto bee adjudged void And that whoever makes or gives such Security Contract Promise or Bond or any Guift or Reward to procure such false or Double Returne shall forfeit the Su[m]m of Three hundred Pounds One Third part thereof to bee to His Majestie His Heires and Successors another Third part thereof to the Poor of the County City Borough or Place concerned and one Third part thereof to the Informer with his Costs to bee recovered in any of His Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall bee allowed nor any more then one Imparlance.
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