Section XLV Papist of 16 and upwards not having taken the Oaths to pay double.

Proviso where within Ten Days after Meeting of Commissioners he shall take the Oaths.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That every Papist or reputed Papist being of the age of sixteene yeares and upwards who shall not have taken the oaths menc[i]oned and required to be taken by the said last menc[i]oned Act shall yeild and pay unto his Majestie double the su[m]mes and rates which by force or virtue of any clause in this Act before menc[i]oned or conteined he or shee should or X1ought to pay or be charged with to be assessed levyed and collected answered recovered and paid in such manner and by such wayes and meanes and according to such rules and direcc[i]ons and under such penaltyes and forfeitures as are before in this Act expressed or appointed for and concerneing the above menc[i]oned rates and su[m]mes which are hereby intended to be doubled as aforesaid:- Provided neverthelesse that if any such Papist or reputed Papist within tenne days after the first meeteing of the said Co[m]missioners in the respective Countyes or Places where he or shee ought to be taxed or assessed according to the intent of this p[re]sent Act; shall take the said oaths before two or more of the said Co[m]missioners (which oaths the said two or more Co[m]missioners are hereby impowered to administer) that in such case he or shee shall not be lyable to be doubly assessed as aforesaid:-