Section VI Stat. 14 Car. II. c. 12.; as further continued by I Jac. II. c. 17. § 2.; and by 3 W. & M. c. 11. § 1.; and by 4 W. & M. c. 24. § 10.; further continued as herein mentioned.

And whereas an Act made in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Yeares of the Reigne of King Charles the Second intituled An Act for the better Reliefe of the Poor of this Kingdom was enacted to have Continuance (except what related to the Corporations therein mentioned and thereby constituted) untill the Nine and twentieth Day of May One thousand six hundred sixty five and from thence to the End of the First Session of the next Parliament which said Act by an Act made in the First Yeare of the Reigne of the late King James the Second (except as to what related to the Corporations therein mentioned and thereby constituted) was enacted to be in Force from the First Day of May One thousand six hundred eighty five and soe to continue for the Space of Seaven Yeares and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament And whereas by an Act made in the Third and Fourth Yeares of the Reigne of His present Majesty and the late Queene the said last mentioned Act (as to what therein related to the Settlement of the Poor) was enacted to be in Force from the First Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety one but no Provision was thereby made for continuing of divers other Parts of the said Act which said Act for the better Reliefe of the Poor of this Kingdom as to all Parts thereof not mentioned and continued in and by the said Act made in the Third and Fourth Yeares of the Reigne of His present Majesty and the late Queen (other than and except what relates to the Corporations mentioned in the said Act for the better Releife of the Poor of this Kingdom and thereby constituted) was by an Act made in the Fourth and Fifth Yeares of the Reigne of His present Majesty and the late Queene continued for the Space of Seaven Yeares from the Thirteenth Day of February One thousand six hundred ninety two and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Act for the better Releife of the Poor of this Kingdom as to all Parts thereof which were continued by the said Act made in the Fourth and Fifth Yeares of the Reigne of His present Majesty and the late Queen shall be continued and be in Force for and during the Space of Seaven Yeares from the Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand seaven hundred and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament