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East India Company Act 1697
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LVIII.Not making true Entries and Affirmations, Forfeiture of Goods and Penalty.
And it is hereby further enacted That if any Person or Persons who are hereby required to make such Entries and Affirmations as this Act directs shall neglect so [X1to] do or if any Goods Foreign Coins or other Merchandizes so entred shall be of greater Value than shall be specified in such Entry or Entries that then and in every such Case the Goods Foreign Coins or other Merchandizes which shall be shipped or put on board any Ship or other Vessel designed for the East Indies or any other the Parts within the Limits aforesaid or into any Lighter Boat or other Vessel to be put upon any such Ship for which no such Entry or Affirmation shall be made or which shall be omitted therein and the Effects and Proceed of the same (wheresoever they shall be found) shall be forfeited and may be seized and double the Value thereof shall and may be sued for and recovered against the respective Offenders and to be divided or distributed in such Manner and Form as His Majesty by such Charter or Charters shall appoint.
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