# Poll Tax Act 1694, Section XXXII: Persons coming to reside in any Division within London, &c. where he was not rated, Commissioners may summon.


If no Certificate of Payment of former Rates; ; then Commissioners may assess.
And it is hereby further enacted That if any person shall come to inhabit or reside in any Division or Place within London or Westminster or Five miles thereof where such person was not rated or taxed the Commissioners acting within such Division or Place are hereby required and impowered to summon such person before them and unlesse hee or shall produce a Certificate made according to the Directions of this Act whereby it shall appeare that hee or she was assessed and had actually paid all the precedent Quarterly Payments in some other Place the said Commissioners shall and are hereby required to cause such person to bee assessed according to this Act and cause the same or such Quarterly Payments thereof as shall bee unassessed and unpaid to bee assessed levied and paid according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/5-6/14/section/XXXII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poll-tax-act-1694/section-XXXII
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