# Greenwich Hospital, etc. Act 1696, Section IX: Certificate under the Hand of Mayor, &c. within the Cinque Ports sufficient, if no Justice residing within Three Miles.


And whereas in the whole Jurisdiction of the Cinque-ports and their Towns and Members on the Coasts of Kent and Sussex there are not any Justices of the Peace nor Divisions as in the rest of the Counties of this Realme but onely Mayors Bayliffs and their Deputies Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That such Certificate as aforesaid under the Hand and Seale of any one Mayor Deputy-Mayor Bayliffe or Deputy Bayliffe within the said Jurisdiction of the Cinque-ports obtained in manner as aforesaid shall be sufficient where no Justice of the Peace shall be residing or inhabiting within Three Miles of such Port or Towne.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/23/section/IX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenwich-hospital-etc-act-1696/section-IX
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