Section IX 15 Car. II. c. 11. §6, 7.

Brewer not discharged from Misentry, except he shewed to Gauger an Account of the Beer, &c. at the Time of the Return.; Fraud of Duty.; Penalty.

And whereas in and by the said Act made in the fifteenth yeare of the Raigne of the late King Charles the Second It is amongst other things therein provided or enacted in the words or to the effect following (viz^t) That noe Common Brewer or Brewers shall be sued or prosecuted for any Penalty or Forfeiture by X1 or them incurred for or by reason of any Misentry or short Entry if he or they shall within one Weeke after the delivery of the Copy of the Gaugers Returne made on him certifie his or their Entry made for the Weeke for which such Copy of the Returne is delivered according to such Returne for each respective Charge or Brewing or otherwise discharging himselfe Bee it enacted by the authority aforesaid That noe Brewer or Brewers shall from henceforth have or claime any benefitt by the said Provisoe on any Information to be brought against him or them for Non Entry wilfull false Entry or Non-payment If it shall appeare by the Evidence given that such Brewer soe sued for Non Entry or short or false Entry or Non-payment did not (bona fide) shew to the Gauger or Gaugers appointed to take account of the Beere or Ale by them brewed all the Beere Ale and Worts of each respective Guile for such time for which such Copy of the Returne was made or given, Or if any apparent Fraud was acted or made to defraud their Majestyes of their Duty for any part of the Drinke brewed in the time for which such Copy of the Returne is made or given by the Gauger in such case such Brewer shall incurr all the Penalties and Forfeitures by the former Acts provided or inflicted The said Provisoe or any thing in any Acts or Statute relateing to the Excise in any wise notwithstanding