{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compositions-by-debtors-act-1696/section-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compositions-by-debtors-act-1696/section-III.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Will3/8-9/18",
  "legislation_title": "Compositions by Debtors Act 1696",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compositions-by-debtors-act-1696",
  "path": "section/III",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Refusing to make such Oath, or having made the same, claiming greater Debt, or making greater Advantage, &c.;",
  "text": "Composition void, and Penalty; to be divided amongst all the Creditors; Exception.\nAnd be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any p[er]son by whom any such Agreement or Composition shall be subscribed and sealed shall refuse to make such Oath within the time above limitted or after having made the same it shall appeare that hee or she hath wittingly willingly or fraudulently claimed any other or greater Debt or Debts than is or are justly due and owing from the Debtor or hath received or been allowed or agreed to receive or be allowed directly or indirectly any greater Advantage Gratuity or Reward for or in Consideration of the said Debt or Debts or for Subscribing & sealing such Agreement or Composition than is comprized and expressed therein then and in every such Case his or her Subscription to such Agreement or Composition shall be void and of no Effect and shall also forfeit the Su[m]m of One hundred Pounds besides treble the Value of what hee or she shall so fraudulently claime or receive or agree to receive or be allowed as aforesaid to be recovered with full Costs of Suit by such of the Creditors onely that will sue for the same by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of His Majesties Courts att Westminster wherein no Essoigne Protection Priveledge or Wager of Law shall be allowed nor any more than One Imparlance And all the Money so recovered (the Costs and Chargs of such Recovery being first deducted by the Prosecutor or Prosecutors) shall be equally divided and distributed to and among all the Creditors (except such as upon Notice shall refuse to contribute towards the Charges of carrying on such Suit) in Proportion to their respective Debts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/18/section/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:17.237719+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."
}