{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1666/section-XXXV",
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  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/18-19/8",
  "legislation_title": "Rebuilding of London Act 1666",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rebuilding-of-london-act-1666",
  "path": "section/XXXV",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XXXV",
  "heading": "Rules and Remedy for the said Duty.",
  "text": "Coal Meters to deliver to Officer a Certificate of Sorts and Quantities of Coals; Penalty.; If it appear by Certificate that greater Quantity of Coals on board than paid Duty; Penalty.\nAnd to the end that the said Imposition may be duely answered and paid without fraude or covin, and for the better leavying and collecting thereof and for discovery of the just quantityes of all sorts of Coales to be imported as aforesaid be it further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid that the Coale meeters for the Citty of London appointed or to be appointed and every of them and their respective Deputyes in their turne and course of attendance respectively soe soone as any Shipp or Vessell fraight with Coales shall be unladen shall forthwith deliver a true Certificate in writeing unto the Deputie or Deputyes Officers or Assignes of the said Maior and Commonalty and Citizens who shall be appointed to receive the said Imposition of the sorts quantityes and number of Chaldrons or Tunns of Coales respectively which shall be measured or weighed and delivered from on Board any such Shipp or Vessell on paine for his or their defaulte therein to be suspended from the execution and benefitt of his or their Office or Imployment for one whole yeare from thence next following; And in case it shall appeare by such Certificate or otherwise that there was on Board any such Shipp or Vessell a greater number of Chaldrons or Tuns of Coales then for which the said Imposition shall have beene answered and paid as aforesaid that then in such case there shall be paid to the said Maior and Coo[m]monalty and Citizens and their Successors for every Chaldron or Tunn of Coales soe concealed over and above the Imposition aforesaid the summe of Five shillings, for which (in case of refusall to pay the same) such Shipp or Vessell or any the tackle furniture or Apparell thereof may be attached and detained by warrant from the Maior of the said Citty for the time being untill payment thereof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/18-19/8/section/XXXV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:28:37.956689+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."
}