Section VII Shipping Bullion without such Oath, Certificate, and Entry, Bullion seized as forfeited,

and Owner to pay double the Value; Penalty of £200 on Captain permitting Shipment.; The like Penalty on Captain of Ship of War, and Incapacity.

And bee itt further enacted That if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall shipp or cause to bee shipped or putt on board any Vessell or Shipp any molten Silver or Bullion whatsoever as aforesaid without Oath Certificate and Entry first made and obtained as is before provided in every such Case itt shall and may bee lawfull to and for any Officer or Officers of His Majesties Customes or any other Person or Persons to seize such molten Silver and Bullion soe shipped and putt on board as forfeited one Moiety whereof shall bee to His Majesty His Heires and Successors and the other Moiety to the Officer and Officers or Persons soe seizing the same And the Owner or Owners Proprietor or Proprietors of such molten Silver or Bullion shall forfeite double the Value of such molten Silver or Bullion one Moiety whereof shall bee to His Majesty and the other Moiety to the Person that shall sue or informe for the same to bee recovered with Costs of Suite by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information wherein noe Priviledge Protection or Wager of Law shall bee allowed nor any more than One Imparlance and the Captaine or Master of such Shipp or Vessell (if the same belong to a Subject) whoe shall knowingly permitt the said molten Silver or Bullion to bee putt on board his said Shipp or Vessell shall forfeite to such Person or Persons as shall sue or informe for the same the Summe of Two hundred Pounds to bee sued for and recovered in manner as aforesaid And in case the Shipp or Vessell be a Man of Warr or Vessell belonging to His Majesty then the Captaine thereof shall forfeite the Summe of Two hundred Pounds to any Person that shall sue for the same as aforesaid and shall forfeite his Employment and bee made uncapable of any Office or Imployment Civill or Military.