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Taxation (No. 4) Act 1696
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XXIII.Forging Bills or knowingly tendering or demanding Money on such Bills.
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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person shall forge or counterfeit any of the Bills hereby authorized to be issued or tender in Payment any such forged or counterfeited Bill or demand Money thereupon of any Receiver or att the Exchequer (knowing the Bill so tendred or whereupon the Money shall be so demanded to be actually forged or counterfeited and with an intention to defraud His Majesty or any other Person or Persons) that then every such Person or Persons so offending (being thereof convicted in due Forme of Law) shall be adjudged guilty of Felony and suffer the Paines and Penalties of Felony without Benefitt of Clergy.
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