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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indemnity-and-oblivion-act-1660/section-XLV",
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  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/12/11",
  "legislation_title": "Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660",
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  "path": "section/XLV",
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  "number": "XLV",
  "heading": "Exception of Bonds in His Majesty's Name before May 1642 for Securities of Receivers.",
  "text": "Order of House of Commons of 26th May 1641.; Farmers of the Customs paid £ 150,000 at the Desire of the said House.; Exception of Payments upon Proportions of £ 150,000 upon the Customs.\nProvided alsoe That this Act doe not extend to, pardon any Bond taken in his late Majestyes Name before the moneth of May one thousand six hundred forty two for secureing the proper Debt of any Servant or Receiver of the Revenew of his said late Majesty that hath not been paid to, or by order of some lawful or pretended authority, And whereas by an order of the Six and twentyeth day of May in the yeare One thousand six hundred forty one the then House of Commons in Parliament did accept the summe of One hundred and fifty thousand pounds as a composition from the Farmers of severall Customes voted to be illegally taken, and some of the said Farmers did procure and pay the said whole summe of One hundred and fifty thousand pounds at the desire of the said House of Commons, and upon their Declaration that such of the said Farmers as did not pay their proportions should not be pardoned but proceeded gainst, and out of their Fines satisfaction should be made to those who had paid the said One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and in pursuance therof did on the first of June then next following resolve That the Estates of such persons living or dead as have by colour of any Patent received moneyes from the Subject under pretence of such Customes or have beene Undersharers with the Patentees ought to be made lyeable to restitution, It is therefore provided That this Act shall not extend or bee construed to extend to pardon or indempnifie any person or persons their heires executors administrators or assignes who have not paid their proportions of the said One hundred and fifty thousand pounds, or ought to beene contributory therunto from or against misdemeanours or offences relating to the said Customes, or from payment of their proportions But that the Estates of the dead as well as the liveing of such who ought to have beene contributory in whose possession soever (Purchasers bona fide and upon valuable considerations onely excepted) shall continue and be charged and chargeable with the payment of their proportions to all intents and purposes as if this Act had not beene made, Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:35:16.861485+00:00"
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  "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."
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