# Taxation (No. 2) Act 1697, Section XXX: In Action for executing Act,


General Issue may be pleaded; Treble Costs.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Action Plaint Suit or Information shall be co[m]menced or prosecuted against any Person or Persons for what hee or they shall doe in Pursuance or in Execution of this Act such Person or Persons so sued in any Court shall & may plead the General Issue (not guilty) and upon any Issue joyned may give this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence And if the Plaintiff or Prosecutor shall become Nonsuit or forbeare further Prosecution or suffer a Discontinuance or if a Verdict passe against him the Defendants shall recover their Treble Costs for which they shall have the like Remedy as in any Case where Costs by the Law are given to Defendants.

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