Section VII Proviso in respect of Penalties for selling, &c. Wire and Thread, &c. before 29th Sept. 1699.

Provided always That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to inflict any Penalty upon any Person for selling or exposing to Sale any Silver Wire or Silver or Gold Thread or any Lace or Fringe on or before the Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand six hundred ninety nine though the same be not made according to the Rules and Directions of this Act provided the same be proved by Oath to be made by One or more credible Witnesses before some Justice of Peace of the County City or Place where the same shall be sold or exposed to Sale who is and are hereby impowred to administer the same That such Goods were made on or before the said Four and twentieth Day of July One thousand six hundred ninety eight.