# East India Company Act 1697, Section XI: Officers to deliver Certificates of Duty paid, gratis.;


Debenture given on Production of Certificate, without Fee.; Upon Production of Debenture, Security discharged.
Provided always and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons shall export beyond the Seas aswell Foreign as English or any Rock Salt the Officer of the Place where the said Salt was made taken out of Pits or imported and the Duty thereof paid or secured to be paid shall upon Demand deliver gratis and without Delay a Certificate under his Hand and Seal That the Duty imposed by this Act on such Salt hath been duly paid or secured to be paid and then the Officer of the Place where the Salt is exported upon producing the said Certificate and Oath made of shipping off the said Salt and of its not being relanded in England or Wales shall give a Debenture under his Hand without Delay Fee or Reward for Repayment of the said Duty which being produced to the Officer of the Place where the Duty on the said Salt shall have been paid or secured to be paid such Security shall be discharged and all and every Sum and Sums of Money paid for the Dutie of the said Salt by this Act shall be repaid upon Demand by the said Officer without Fee or Reward.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/44/section/XI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/east-india-company-act-1697/section-XI
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