&c. any such Entry;

XXIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, Making a false That if any Person shall, from and after the said First Day of Entry, November, with Intent to elude the Force of this Act, knowingly and wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in the Register Book of such Parish or Chapelry as aforesaid any false Entry of any Matter or Thing relating to any Marriage; or falsely make, alter, or of forging, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or act or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting any such Entry in such Register; or falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or cause or or Licence ; procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or assist in falsely making, altering, forging or counterfeiting any such Licence of Marriage as aforesaid; or utter or publish as true any such false, altered, forged or counterfeited Register as aforesaid, or a Copy thereof, or any such false, altered, forged or counterfeited Licence of Marriage, knowing such Register or Licence of Marriage respectively to be false, altered,

forged or counterfeited; or if any Person shall, from and after or of destroying the said First Day of November, wilfully destroy, or cause or such Register; procure to be destroyed any Register Book of Marriages, or any Part of such Register Book, with Intent to avoid any Marriage, or to subject any Person to any of the Penalties of this Act;

every Person so offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted, Transportation. shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall suffer the Punishment of Transportation for Life, according to the

Laws in force for the Transportation of Felons.

XXX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act, or Proviso for the any Thing therein contained, shall not extend to the Marriages Royal Family. of any of the Royal Family.

Jews.

XXXI. Provided likewise, and be it further enacted, That And for Marnothing in this Act contained shall extend to any Marriages riages of amongst the People called Quakers, or amongst the Persons Quakers and professing the Jewish Religion, where both the Parties to any such Marriage shall be of the People called Quakers, or Persons professing the Jewish Religion respectively.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That Two printed Copies Two printed of this Act shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing Copies of Act of this Act, be provided by His Majesty's Printer, and trans- sent to Mimitted to the Officiating Ministers of the several Parishes and nisters. Chapelries in England respectively; One of which Copies shall be deposited and kept with the Book containing the Marriage Register of such Parish or Chapelry, in the Chest or Box provided for the Custody of the same.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall extend only to that Part of the United Kingdom called England.

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Act only to extend to

CA P.

England,

His Majesty may, by Order

in Council, authorize the Importation and Exportation of Goods in Foreign Vessels, on Payment of same Duties, &c. as

British Vessels,

and Proof of

Charge thereof.

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CAP. LXXVII.

An Act to authorize His Majesty, under certain Circumstances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on Goods imported or exported in Foreign Vessels; and to exempt certain Foreign Vessels from Pilotage. [18th July 1823.] HEREAS it is the Practice in many Cases, as well in Foreign Countries as in the United Kingdom, to charge higher Duties, and to grant smaller Drawbacks, Bounties and Allowances, upon Goods, Wares or Merchandize, when imported or exported in Ships or Vessels not belonging to the Country in which such Duties are charged, or Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances are granted, than are charged or granted when imported or exported in Ships or Vessels belonging to such Country: And Whereas it is expedient that His Majesty should be empowered to allow the Importation or Exportation of any Goods, Wares and Merchandize, in Foreign Vessels, upon Payment of the like Duties, and with the like Drawbacks, Bounties and Allowances, as are now by Law paid or granted upon similar Goods, Wares and Merchandize, when imported or exported in British Vessels from or to those Countries in which no other Duties are charged, or other Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances granted, upon the Importation or Exportation of any Goods, Wares or Merchandize into or from such Country in British Vessels, than are charged or granted upon such Goods when imported into or exported from such Countries in Foreign Vessels: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, or by His Majesty's Order or Orders in Council, to be published from time to time in the London Gazette, to authorize the Importation into or Exportation from the United Kingdom, or from any other of His Majesty's Dominions, of any Goods, Wares or Merchandize which may be legally imported or exported in Foreign Vessels, upon Payment of such and the like Duties only, and with the like Drawbacks, Bounties and Allowances, as are charged or granted upon similar Goods, Wares or Merchandize, when imported or exported in British Vessels; provided always, that before any such Order or Orders shall be issued, satisfactory Proof shall have been laid before His Majesty and His Privy Council, that Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into or exported from the Foreign Country in whose favour such Remission of Duties, or such Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances shall be granted, are charged with the same Duties, and are allowed the same Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances, when imported into or exported from such Foreign Country in British Vessels, as are levied or allowed on similar Goods, Wares and Merchandizc, when imported or exported in Vessels of such Country.

II. And

levied on Goods

Country.

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Additional to and for His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Duties may be Council, or by His Majesty's Order or Orders in Council as afore- imported in said, whenever it shall be deemed expedient, to levy and charge Vessels belongany additional Duty or Duties of Customs, or to withhold the ing to CounPayment of any Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances, upon any tries where Goods, Wares or Merchandize, imported into or exported from higher Duties the United Kingdom, or imported into or exported from any of are imposed on Goods imported His Majesty's Dominions, in Vessels belonging to any Foreign in British VesCountry, in which higher Duties shall have been levied, or smaller sels, than when Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances granted upon Goods, Wares imported in or Merchandize, when imported into or exported from such Fo- Vessels of the reign Country in British Vessels, than are levied or granted upon similar Goods, Wares and Merchandize, when imported or exported in Vessels of such Country; provided always, that such additional or countervailing Duties so to be imposed, and Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances so to be withheld as aforesaid, shall not be of greater Amount than may be deemed fairly to countervail the Difference of Duty, Drawback, Bounty or Allowance paid or granted on Goods, Wares or Merchandize imported into or exported from such Foreign Country in British Vessels, more or less than the Duties, Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances there charged or granted upon similar Goods, Wares or Merchandize imported into or exported from such Foreign Country in Vessels of such Country.

III. And be it further enacted, That such additional or coun- Duties to be tervailing Duties of Customs shall be levied, recovered and ap- levied as other plied, in such and the like Manner as any other Duties of Customs Duties. are now by Law levied, recovered or applied.

IV. And be it further enacted, That His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, or by any Order or Orders in Council as aforesaid, is hereby empowered to remove, or again to impose, any such additional or countervailing Duty of Customs, or to renew or withhold such Drawbacks, Bounties or Allowances, whenever it shall be deemed expedient so to do.

Such Duties

may be removed, or again imposed.

V. And Whereas it might tend to the Advantage of British • Vessels arriving in Foreign Ports, if Power was given to His Majesty to exempt Foreign Vessels of less Burthen than Sixty Tons from the Obligation of taking on board Pilots to conduct them into or from the Ports of the United Kingdom, in all Cases in which British Vessels of less Burthen than Sixty Tons are not required by Law to take Pilots;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be Foreign Vessels lawful for His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy of less Burthers Council, or by any Order or Orders in Council, in all such Cases than Sixty Tons as aforesaid, to exempt Foreign Vessels, being of less Burthen not obliged to take a Pilot. than Sixty Tons, from taking on board a Pilot to conduct them into or from any of the Ports of the United Kingdom; any Law, Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

VI. And be it further enacted, That a Copy of every Order in Council which may be issued under the Authority of this Act shall be laid before Parliament as soon after the issuing thereof as may be practicable, if Parliament shall be sitting, and if it shall. not then be sitting, within Thirty Days after the Meeting thereof.

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Orders in Council to be laid before Par

liament.

The Stamp
Duties specified

in Schedule
annexed to be
paid.

Duties under

56 G.3. c.56.

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CA P. LXXVIII.

An Act to grant additional Stamp Duties on certain Proceedings in the Court of Chancery and in the Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. [18th July 1823.]

WE

HEREAS under and by virtue of certain Acts of the present Session of Parliament, for the better Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery and in the Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, divers Sums of Money will become annually payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for Salaries to Masters in Ordinary in the Court of Chancery, and to the Chief Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, in lieu of all Fees, and for certain Allowances to such Masters and to such Chief Remembrancer resigning or retiring from their Offices; and it is reasonable, in order to meet the said Charges, that certain Duties of Stamps hereinafter specified should be granted and paid for, upon and in respect of several Proceedings in the Office of such Masters, and of such Chief Remembrancer, heretofore liable to the Payment of certain Fees: Be it enacted, by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Expiration of Ten Days next after the passing of this Act there shall be granted, raised, levied, collected and paid in Ireland unto His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for and in respect of the several Instruments, Articles, Matters and Things mentioned, enumerated and described in the Schedule to this Act annexed, the several Sums of Monies and Duties as they are respectively inserted, described and set forth in Words and Figures in the said Schedule, and in every Part thereof, over and above and in addition to any Stamp Duties or other Duties payable by Law for, upon or in respect of the said several Matters and Things or any of them respectively; and that the said Schedule, and every Clause, Regulation, Matter and Thing therein respectively contained, shall be and be deemed, taken and considered as Part of this Act.

II. And be it further enacted, That the said Duties shall be under the Care and Management of the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland, and shall be and be deemed and construed to be Commissioners Stamp Duties; and that the several Duties, Penalties, Clauses and of Stamps in Matters contained in this Act, shall be subject to the several Ireland. Rules, Regulations and Provisions contained in an Act passed in Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties in Ireland, and also several Acts for the Collection and Management of the said Duties, and to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties, so far as the same shall be respectively applicable, and save as hereinafter is otherwise expressly provided.

Duties to be

III. And be it further enacted, That the Duties by this Act paid in British granted and made payable shall be paid and payable according

Currency.

to

to the Amount thereof in British Currency, except a Duty of Ten Exception. Pence in the said Schedule inserted, which shall be paid and payable according to the Amount thereof in Irish Currency.

66

Stamps to have the Words

"Chancery Fund" and Exchequer

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IV. And be it further enacted, That separate and particular Separate Marks Types, Marks and Stamps shall be kept and used for denoting to distinguish and marking on Vellum, Parchment or Paper the several and replicable to spective Duties granted by this Act, as applicable to the several several ProProceedings in the Schedule to this Act annexed, in the Court of ceedings; Chancery and in the Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer and that each and every of such Types, Marks and Stamps shall have marked or expressed thereon the Words " 'Chancery Fund" and Exchequer Fund" respectively, exclusive of and besides such other Words or such Marks, Figures or Devices as may Fund" respectbe deemed necessary for denoting and marking on Vellum, Parch- ively, &c. ment or Paper the said several and respective Stamp Duties payable thereon respectively; and that such Types, Marks and Stamps shall be the only true and lawful Types, Marks and Stamps for the stamping and impressing of all Vellum, Parchment and Paper, to denote the Payment of the Stamp Duties so granted by this Act, as applicable to such Proceedings in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer respectively; and that such Types, Marks and Stamps shall not be used or deemed to denote any Stamps save those granted by this Act; and that if at any Time there shall not be any such Type, Mark or Stamp denoting precisely any of the Stamp Duties which shall from time to time be so payable, or if it shall for any other Reason be thought fit and expedient so to do, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Stamps to direct that Two or more of such Types, Marks or Stamps, the Duties denoted whereby shall in the whole amount to the Stamp Duties so payable respectively, shall be used on the same Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper for denoting such Duties, or, at their Discretion, to cause to be provided new Types, Marks or Stamps for denoting such Duties or any of them, and to cause all Vellum, Parchment or Paper chargeable with such Duties to be stamped or marked with the same; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to direct that such Devices, Stamps or Marks shall be used as may express the Amount of the Duty either directly in Words and Figures, or in any other Manner whatsoever, whereby the same shall or may be sufficiently denoted, at their Discretion.

V. And be it further enacted, That the Devices, Types, Stamps Stamps for deor Marks used or to be used for denoting on Vellum, Parchment Hoting Duties and Paper the Payment of any of the Stamp Duties granted by may be changed. this Act, which shall be payable from time to time, may be discontinued, changed, varied or altered from time to time, and new or other Devices, Types, Stamps or Marks may be used in lieu of the Devices, Types, Stamps or Marks so discontinued, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, Notice thereof. or the Commissioners of Stamps in Ireland for the Time being, shall think fit: provided that whenever any of the Devices, Types, Stamps or Marks aforesaid, shall be changed, varied or altered, then and in every such Case public Notice of every such

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Change,