Section XII No Penalty incurred by Excommunication by Church Judicatories.

And no Civil Pain or Forfeiture or Disability whatsoever shall be in any ways incurred by any Person or Persons by reason of any Excommunication or Prosecution in order to Excommunication by the Church Judicatories in Scotland and all Civil Magistrates are hereby expressly prohibited and discharged to force or compel any Person or Persons to appear when summoned or to give Obedience to any such Sentence when pronounced Any Law or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding

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F1: Act repealed, so far as relates to the imposing any penalties, forfeitures, or disabilities on any person or persons, for or on account of his or their frequenting or resorting to any episcopal chapel or meeting house in Scotland or officiating in any such chapel or meeting house, by Scottish Episcopalians Relief Act 1792 (c. 63), s. 1