Section IV Persons (except Officers of the Mint) having Presses for Coinage in their Possession, bringing the same to the Mint, to be paid for the same;

and if, after the 3d May 1696, any such Presses be found in the Custody of any Person, they may be seized, and Penalty of £500.

And forasmuch as the greatest Security against counterfeiting the new intended Coyne of this Realme by the Mill and Presse is the Difficulty of being provided with fitt Tooles and Instruments for doeing thereof bee it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons whatsoever (other than the Officer or Officers of His Majesties Mint or Mints) now haveing or which att any tyme hereafter before the First day of March which shall bee in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety five shall have in his Custody or Possession any Presse or Presses which may bee made use of for Coynage if such Person or Persons doe or shall on or before the Third day of May which shall bee in the Yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety six bring and deliver the same to the Officer or Officers of His Majesties Mint att the Tower of London, every such Person shall at the tyme of the Delivery thereof receive from the said Officer or Officers att the Mint the full Value which such Presse or Presses first cost and the Charge of Carriage And if att any Tyme after the said Third day of May any Presse for Coynage shall bee found in the Custody of any Person whatsoever (other than the Officers of His Majesties Mint or Mints) such Presse shall bee seized for His Majesties Use And every Person in whose Custody such Presse shall bee soe found after the said Third day of May shall forfeite the Summe of Five hundred Pounds the one Moiety thereof to bee to His Majesty and the other Moiety thereof to the Informer to bee recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of His Majesties Courts wherein noe Essoigne Protection Wager of Law or Imparlance shall bee allowed.