{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poll-tax-act-1691/section-XVIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poll-tax-act-1691/section-XVIII.json",
  "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/3/6",
  "legislation_title": "Poll Tax Act 1691",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poll-tax-act-1691",
  "path": "section/XVIII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XVIII",
  "heading": "In Actions for executing Act, General Issue.",
  "text": "Treble Costs.\nAnd be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Action Plaint Suit or Informac[i]on shall be co[m]menced or prosecuted against any Person or Persons for what he or they shall do in pursuance or in Execuc[i]on of this Act such person or persons so sued in any Court whatsoever shall or may plead the General Issue Not Guilty and upon any Issue joyned may give this Act and the special matter in evidence And if the Plaintiff or Prosecutor shall become nonsuit or forbeare further prosecution or suffer discontinuance or if a Verdict passe against him the Defendant and Defendants shall recover their treble Costs for which they shall have the like remedy as in case where Costs by the Law are given to the Defendants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/3/6/section/XVIII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:25:42.592937+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}