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Section XXX No Fees to be taken for providing or making Registers, Entries, &c.

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Penalty, Treble Damages and Costs of Suit, and Officer demanding, &c.; Fee to lose his Place; Undue Preference by Officer; Action by Party grieved and Loss of Place.

And that noe Fee Reward or Gratuity directly or indirectly be demanded or taken of any Their Majestyes Subjects for providing or makeing of any such Bookes Registers Entries View Search or Certificate in or for payment of Money Lent or the Interest thereof or for payment of any Money upon any Order upon any Contract for Wares and Goods furnished to the Use of Their Majestyes Navy and Ordnance as aforesaid by any of Their Majesties Officer or Officers their Clerks or Deputies on paine of payment of Treble Damages to the partie grived by the partie offending with Costs of Suite or if the Officer himselfe take or demand any such Fee or Reward then to lose his place alsoe And if any undue preference of one before another shall be made either in point of Registry contrary to the true meaning of this Act by any such Officer or Officers then the party offending shall be lyable by Action of Debt or on the Case to pay the value of the Debt Damages and Costs to the partie grieved and shall be forejudged from his Place or Office