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Taxation (No. 6) Act 1696

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XI.Officers of Exchequer misapplying Monies, Forfeiture of Office, Incapacity, and Penalty.

Orders for paying Money contrary to this Act void.

Provided and it is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Officer in the Exchequer shall divert or misapply any of the Moneys that shall be paid into the Exchequer by virtue of this Act to any other Uses or Purposes than are hereby directed then such Officer so offending shall forfeit his Office in the Exchequer and be incapable of any Office or Place of Trust and shall be liable to pay the treble Value of any Su[m]m or Su[m]ms so diverted or misapplied to any of the Persons thereby grieved their respective Executors Administrators or Assigns who will sue for the same by any Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on in any of his Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster wherein no Essoigne Protection Wager of Law Priveledge of Parliament or other Priveledge or more than one Imparlance shall be granted or allowed and all Orders and Warrants for issuing paying or disposing any of the Moneys to be raised by virtue of this Act contrary to the true Intent and Meaning thereof shall be utterly void to all intents & purposes whatsoever.

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