{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695/section-LIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695/section-LIII.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Will3/7-8/5",
  "legislation_title": "Taxation Act 1695",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1695",
  "path": "section/LIII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "LIII",
  "heading": "Collectors keeping Monies collected in their Hands; or paying other than to Head Collectors or Receiver General; Penalty £10. Head Collectors so offending; Penalty £40. Receiver General or Deputy paying to any Person other than the Exchequer, or upon Tally of Pro, &c.",
  "text": "Penalty £1000.\nAnd be it further enacted That if any Collector of any Parish or Place shall keep in his Hands any part of the Money by him collected for any longer time then is by this Act directed (other than the Allowance made unto him by this Act) or shall pay any part thereof to any Person or Persons other than to the Head Collector or Receiver General of such County or Place or his respective Deputie that every such Collector shall forfeit for every such Offence the Su[m]m of Ten Pounds And in case any Head Collector shall keep in his Hands any part of the Money paid to him by any Collector by virtue of this Act for any longer time then is by virtue of this Act directed or shall pay any part thereof to any Person or Persons other then the Receiver General of such County or Place or his Deputy every such Head Collector shall forfeit for every such Offence the Su[m]m of Fourty Pounds And in case any Receiver General or his Deputy shall pay any part of the Moneys paid to him or them by any Collector by virtue of this Act to any Person or Persons whatsoever (other then the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer and att or within the respective Times limited by this Act) or in case any such Receiver General or his Deputy shall pay any part of the said Moneys by any Warrant of the Co[m]missioners of the Tresury or the Lord Tresurer Under Tresurer or Co[m]missioners of the Tresury for the time being or upon any Tally of Pro or Tally of Anticipation or other way or device whatsoever whereby to divert or hinder the actual Payment thereof into the Receipt of the Exche[quer] as aforesaid that then such Receiver General shall for every such Offence of himselfe or his Deputy forfeit the Su[m]m of One thousand Pounds to him or them that shall sue for the same in any Court of Record by Bill Plaint or other Information wherein noe Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law is to be allowed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/5/section/LIII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:45.924459+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."
}