# Mutiny Act 1701, Section XII: Offering to be falsely mustered, &c.


Upon Certificate thereof,; committed to the House of Correction; Furnishing Horse not belonging to Troop, Horse forfeited, or Penalty £20.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person shall be falsly mustered or offer himself falsly and deceitfully to be mustered every such Person upon Proof thereof made upon Oath by Two Witnesses before the next Justice of the Peace of the County where such Muster shall be made and every such Person so falsly mustered or offered to be falsly mustered upon Certificate thereof in Writing under the Hand of the Commissary of the Musters or Chief Magistrate as aforesaid made to such Justice of the Peace the said Justice is thereupon and is hereby authorized and required to committ such Offender to the House of Correction there to remain for the Space of Ten Days and to have his Ear cutt off by the Goaler or Keeper of such House of Correction And if any Person shall wittingly or willingly lend or furnish a Horse to be mustered which shall not truly belong to the Trooper or Troop so mustered the said Horse so falsly mustered shall be forfeited to the Informer if the same doth belong to the Person lending or furnishing the said Horse or otherwise the Person lending or furnishing the said Horse shall forfeit the Summe of Twenty Pounds upon Oath made by Two Witnesses before the next Justice of the Peace

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/13-14/2/section/XII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mutiny-act-1701/section-XII
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