Section XXXII Commissioners for managing the said Duties respectively, not paying duly into the Exchequer, &c. Forfeiture of Office and Incapacity, and Penalty.
And be it further enacted That if the said Commissioners of Excise or the said Commissioners for the Duties on Velum Parchment and Paper for the time being respectively shall refuse or neglect to pay or cause to be paid into the Exchequer all or any the Sums appointed to be paid by them severally as aforesaid in such X1manner as they are respectively required by this Act or shall divert or misapply any part of the same then they and every of them so offending shall forfeit their several Offices and Places and shall be incapable to serve His Majesty His Heirs of Successors in any Office or Place of Profit or Trust whatsoever and shall be liable to pay double the Value of all and every Sum and Sums of Money so diverted or misapplyed to any Person or Persons Body Politick or Corporate who shall be intituled to any Annuity or Payment out of the Fund by this Act settled and will sue for such Forfeiture by Action of Debt or of the Case Bill Suit or Information founded upon this Act in any Court of Record of His Majesty His Heirs or Successors wherein no Essoign Protection Wager of Law or more than one Imparlance shall be granted or allowed.
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