# Taxation (No. 2) Act 1697, Section XVII: Collector neglecting to pay or detaining Monies.


Proceedings by Commissioners; Commissioners so proceeding, to appoint a General Meeting; Notice thereof; Collectors not paying,; Proceedings by Commissioners.
And it is further enacted & declared That if any Collector that shall be by virtue of this Act appointed for the Receipt of any Su[m] or Su[m]ms of Money thereby to be assessed neglect or refuse to pay any Su[m]m or Su[m]ms of Money which shall by them be received as aforesaid & to pay the same as in this Act is directed and shall detaine in his or their Hands any Money received by them or any of them and not pay the same as by this Act is directed the Co[m]missioners of each County Riding City or Towne respectively or any Two or more of them in their respective Divisions are hereby authorized & impowered to imprison the person and seize and secure the Estate both Real and Personal of such Collector to him belonging or which shall descend or come into the Hands or Possession of His Heires Executors or Administrators where ever the same can be discovered and found And the said Co[m]missioners who shall so seize and secure the Estate of any Collector or Collectors shall be and are hereby impowered to appoint a time for the General Meeting of the Co[m]missioners for such County Riding City Towne and Place and there to cause publick Notice to be given of the Place where such Meeting shall be appointed Ten Days att least before such General Meeting And the Co[m]missioners present att such General Meeting or the major Part of them in case the Moneys detained by any Collector or Collectors be not paid & satisfied as it ought to be according to the Directions of this Act shall and are hereby impowered and required to sell & dispose of all such Estates which shall be for the Cause aforesaid seized & secured or any Part of them and to satisfie and pay into the Hands of the Receiver General, or his Deputy for such County Riding and Place the Su[m]m which shall be detained in the Hands of such Collector or Collectors their Heires Executors & Administrators respectively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/10/section/XVII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-no-2-act-1697/section-XVII
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