# Taxation: Members of Parliament Act 1700, Section XVI: XVI. Assessors, &c. neglecting or refusing to do their Duty,


Commissioners may fine not exceeding £20.; Fines paid to Receiver General, &c.
And be it further enacted and declared by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform his or their Duty in the due and speedy Execution of this Act the said respective Com[m]issioners or any Two or more of them have hereby Power to impose on such Person or Persons so refusing or neglecting his or their Duties such Fine or Fines as by them shall be thought fitt and to cause the same to be levied by Distress and Sale of his or their Goods Provided that no Fine to be imposed by any of the said Com[m]issioners shall for any Offence exceed the Sum of Twenty Pounds Which said Fine shall not be taken off or discharged but by the Consent of the Majority of the Commissioners who imposed the same And that all Fines to be imposed by vertue of this Act shall be paid to the respective Recievers Generall and by them to the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer and shall be incerted in the Duplicates in Parchment fairly written to be transmitted to the Office of the Kings Remembrancer as aforesaid that the same may thereby be known and charged in his Account

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/12-13/10/section/XVI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-members-of-parliament-act-1700/section-XVI
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