# Insolvent Debtors Relief Act 1678, Section VIII: Discharge of Prisoner not a Discharge of Surety.


Provided alwayes and bee it enacted That the Discharge of any, person or persons by vertue of this Act shall not amount unto or be construed to free or discharge any other person or persons joyntly or severally bound for or lyable to answere or satisfie the said Debt or any part thereof either as Principall or Surety but that such other person or persons shall be lyable to answere the said Debt and Damages in such manner to all intents and purposes as they were before the discharge of such Prisoner

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/30/4/section/VIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-debtors-relief-act-1678/section-VIII
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