# Land Tax Act 1696, Section LXIX: Commissioner acting before he is sworn;


Penalty £500.
Provided always and be it enacted That if any Person hereby named a Co[m]missioner shall presume to Act as a Co[m]missioner in the Execution of this Act before hee shall have taken the Oaths which by this Act hee is required to take and in the manner hereby prescribed hee shall forfeit to His Majesty the Su[m]m of Five hundred Pounds.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/6/section/LXIX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/land-tax-act-1696/section-LXIX
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