# Navigation (Colchester to Wivenhoe) Act 1697, Section VII: Mayor, &c. not repairing such Damage,; Double Damages and Costs.


Provided alsoe and be it enacted That if the said Mayor and Co[m]monalty shall not repaire and make good the said Premisses so impaired cutt or damnified as aforesaid that then in Default thereof the said Mayor and Co[m]monalty shall be liable to answer double Damages besides Costs of Suit to the Owner or Proprietor of any such Lands or P[re]misses so impaired cutt or damnified to be recovered by Action of Trespasse or upon the Case in any of His Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster wherein no Protection or Priviledge or more than one Imparlance shall be allowed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/19/section/VII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/navigation-colchester-to-wivenhoe-act-1697/section-VII
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