Section 18 Frames, &c. not belonging to workmen not liable to be seized for rent or debt owing by workmen.C1

No frame, loom, or machine, materials, tools, or apparatus, which shall be intrusted for the purpose of being used or worked in any of the said manufactures, or any work connected therewith or incidental thereto, or any parts, branches, or processes thereof, whether such frame, loom, or machine, materials, tools, or apparatus shall or shall not be rented or taken by the hire, shall at any time or times hereafter be distrained or seized, or be liable to be distrained or seized, for rent or for debt, or under any execution or other proceedings whatever, unless the rent be due or the money be owing by the owner of the said frame, loom, or machine, or of the said materials or tools or apparatus aforesaid, or of any part thereof respectively.