Section VII Every Person listed after 10th April 1695 to give his free Consent.

Provided always That noe Person that shall bee listed for the Land Service att any time after the Tenth day of April in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety and five shall bee esteemed a listed Soldier or bee subject to the Pains and Penalties of this Act or any other Penalty for his Behaviour as a Soldier though hee shall bee brought before a Petty Constable in the Hundred or Division where hee shall bee listed and before the said Petty Constable doe declare his free Consent to bee listed or mustred as a Soldier Any thing in the last before recited Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.