Taxation Act 1692

XX. £1,226,516 out of Monies raised by this or any other Act of this Session, except c. 1. ante, appropriated to the Navy.

Officer misapplying Monies; Penalty.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid That out of the money which shall be levied and paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer as well upon Loan as otherwise by virtue of this Act or any other Act of this Session of Parliament for granting Aids or Supplies to their Majesties other then an Act entituled An Act for granting to Their Majesties an Aid of Foure shillings in the pound for one yeare for carrying on a vigorous War against France the Sum of Twelve hundred twenty six thousand five hundred and sixteen pounds ten shillings shall be applied and appropriated and is hereby appropriated to and for the payment of Officers and Seamen that have served and shall serve in their Majesties Navy Royal and for the paying for Stores Provisions and Victuals supplied and to be supplied for the said Navy and to and for the expences of their Majesties Office of Ordnance in respect to Naval affairs and for other necessary uses and services performed and to be performed in and for the said Navy and not otherwise And if any Officer any way belonging to Their Majesties Revenue or to the Exchequer Navy or Ordnance respectively shall wittingly and wilfully divert or misapply any part of the money hereby appropriated to any other purpose then to the uses hereby directed contrary to the true intent of this Act such Officer and Officers so offending shall forfeit his and their Office and Place and is and are hereby disabled and made incapable to hold or execute [X1 any] said Office or any other Office whatsoever.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: the O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]