# Marriage Duty Act 1695, Section III: Every Man married without Banns or Licence,


Penalty £10.; Clerk, &c.; aiding,; Penalty £5.
And for the better ascertaining, levying and collecting the said Duties on Marriages and Licences as aforesaid Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the Foure and twentieth day of June in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety and six every Man so married without Licence or Publication of Banns as aforesaid shall forfeit the Su[m]m of Ten Pounds to be recovered together with Costs of Suit in manner as aforesaid by any person who shall informe or sue for the same And likewise that every Sexton or Parish Clerk or other Person acting as Sexton or Parish Clerk who shall knowingly and wittingly aid promote and assist att such Marriages so celebrated without Banns or Licences as aforesaid shall forfeit the Su[m]m of Five Pounds to be recovered with Costs of Suit in manner as aforesaid by any person who shall informe or sue for the same.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/35/section/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1695/section-III
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