# Coin Act 1696, Section II: Conveying out of the Mint any Puncheon, &c. or receiving and concealing the same, High Treason.


And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons whatsoever from and after the said Fifteenth Day of May shall without lawfull Authority for that Purpose wittingly or knowingly convey or assist in the conveying out of his Majesties Mints in the Tower of London or out of any other of his Majesties Mints any Puncheon Counter Puncheon Matrix Dye Stamp Edger cutting Engine Presse or other Tool Engine or Instrument used for or about the coining of Moneys there or any useful part of such Tools or Instruments that then as well the said Person & persons so offending their Councellers Procurers Aiders or Abetters as also all and every Person and Persons knowingly receiving hiding or concealing the same shall be and is and are hereby adjudged to be guilty of High Treason and being of the said Offences or any of them convicted or attainted according to the Order and Course of the Laws of this Realme shall suffer Death as in case of High Treason.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/26/section/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coin-act-1696/section-II
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