{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/excise-act-1663/section-XI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/excise-act-1663/section-XI.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/15/11",
  "legislation_title": "Excise Act 1663",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/excise-act-1663",
  "path": "section/XI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XI",
  "heading": "Brewer, after Account taken by Gauger, converting Small Beer or Worts into Strong, or selling the same without Notice to Gauger, or concealing Beer, &c.",
  "text": "Penalty.\nAnd be it further enacted by Authoritie aforesaid That if any common Brewer Innkeeper Victualler or other Retailer of Beere or Ale shall at any time after the First day of September after an Accompt hath beene taken by the said Gager or Gagers of the quantity and quality of the Beere Ale or Worts found in his Tun and other Brewing Vessells convert, any part of his small Beere or small Worts soe taken account of into Strong Beere or Ale by mingling letting downe or strikeing over any such Strong Ale or Strong Worts into which, or amongst any such small Beere or small Worts, and shall sell, deliver out, or retaile the same or any part thereof without giveing notice to the same Gager or Gagers of the quantity soe mingled and converted as aforesaid, or if any such Brewer or Retailer as aforesaid shall after the said time hide conceale or convey any Beere Ale or Worts not gaged from the sight or view of the Gager or Gagers appointed to take accompt of the same whereby the Kings Majestie or his Commissioners or Farmers shall or may be defrauded in any manner of wise of the Dutyes due for the same or any part thereof every such common Brewer Victualler and Retailer for every Barrell of Beere or Ale by him or them soe mingled, converted, sold, delivered, hid, concealed or conveyed away contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof, shall forfeite and loose the summe of Twenty shillings to be levyed and recovered in manner and forme as in and by this present Act is hereafter ordained and appointed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/15/11/section/XI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:31:33.732658+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."
}