# Insolvent Debtors Relief Act 1694, Section IV: Justices, Clerks, &c. taking Fee for signing Warrant, or undue Fee for Copy of Causes; Penalty.


And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That no Justice of the Peace his Clerk or Servant shall take of any Prisoner for signing his warrant and su[m]mons any Fee or Reward whatsoever nor any Clerk of the Papers or other Officer that shall make out any Copies of Causes for the said Prisoner shall take for any such Copy of Causes above the sum of Foure pence upon pain to be proceeded against as Extortioners as aforesaid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/5-6/8/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvent-debtors-relief-act-1694/section-IV
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