{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-list-act-1697/section-IX",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-list-act-1697/section-IX.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Will3/9/23",
  "legislation_title": "Civil List Act 1697",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-list-act-1697",
  "path": "section/IX",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "IX",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Cut Whalebone imported forfeited, and Penalty of Double the Value.\nAnd whereas great Quantities of Cut-Whale-bone fit for Use are frequently imported in Short-Lengths and small Parcells by means whereof not only His Majesty is defrauded of the Duties laid thereupon but the Merchants importing and the Manufacturers imployed in cutting of Fin Whale-bone are greatly prejudiced and discouraged Be it therefore declared and enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons Natives or Foreigners Bodies Politick or Corporate shall import or bring into this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed any Cut Whale-bone (other then in Fins only) he she or they shall forfeit the Goods and Double the Value of the Cut Whalebone so imported One Moiety thereof to His Majesty His Heirs and Succesors and one other Moiety to him or them that shall seize or sue for the same in any of His Majesties Courts of Record wherein no Essoign Protection or Wager of Lawe shall be allowed nor any more then one Imparlance Any thing in this Act or any former Law to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/23/section/IX",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:22:52.540350+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}