Excise (No. 3) Act 1660

XII. No Ale or Beer to be delivered by Brewer to Retailer before Duty paid. Proviso for Beer and Ale sold in Fairs.

And bee it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That noe Beere or Ale shall be delivered in by such brewer or maker thereof to any Victualler or other Retailer thereof untill the rate which by such Victualler or Retailer is to be paid over and above the price of the said Beere or Ale for or in respect of this duty be first paid and satisfied by the said Victualler or Retailer to the brewer or maker thereof, Provided alwayes That if any person or persons shall brew and sell by retaile any small quantities of Beere or Ale in any Faire within this Realme or Dominions aforesaid who is not otherwise any common or usuall Brewer or Retailer thereof and shall before any such selling and retailing thereof well and truely pay and satisfie the duty due for the same to the Commissioners or Sub Commissioners within whose limitts or division the said Faire shall be held or to their Officers thereunto appointed, then such person or persons soe brewing or retailing the same and for soe much and noe more nor otherwise shall be freed and discharged from all penaltyes and forfeitures in and by this Act before mentioned and imposed Any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,