Importation Act 1693

III. Recital that by 4 & 5 (4) W. & M. c. 5. Duty upon Bacon imported, was granted.

18 Car. II. c. 2.; 20 Car. II. c. 7.; Duty on Bacon imported, continued.

And whereas there was further granted to their Majesties by the said first recited Act Foure pence for every pound of Bacon imported within the time limited by the said Act which could not be answered to their Majesties because the importac[i]on of Bacon is prohibited by One Act of Parliament made in the Eighteenth yeare of the Reigne of the late King Charles the Second entituled An Act against importing Cattel from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas and Fish taken by Forreigners And by one other Act made in the twentieth yeare of his said late Majesties Reigne entituled An additional Act against the importac[i]on of Forreigne Cattle be it enacted by the authority aforesaid that the [X1 said] su[m]m of Foure pence for every pound of Bacon imported granted to their Majesties by the said Act shall be paid and answered to their Majesties from the First day of this present Session of Parliament for and dureing the continuance of the said Act any thing in the said recited Acts of the Eighteenth and Twentieth of the said King Charles the Second or any other Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding.

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