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Rh Nor any Person who shall directly or indirectly, himself, or by any Person whatsoever in Trust for him, or for his Use or Benefit, or on his Account, undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy, or continue to execute, hold, or enjoy in the Whole or in Part, any Contract, Agreement, or Commission made or entered into under or from the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in Ireland, or with any One or more of such Commissioners, or with any other Person or Persons whomsoever, for or on Account of the Public Service in Ireland; or who shall knowingly and willingly furnish or provide, in pursuance of any such Agreement, Contract, or Commission which he or they shall have made or entered into as aforesaid, any Money to be remitted Abroad, or any Wares or Merchandize to be used or employed in the Service of the Public, during the Time that he shall execute, hold, or enjoy any such Contract, Agreement, or Commission, or any Part or Share thereof, or any Benefit or Employment arising from the same (except Persons who shall be Members of any incorporated Trading Company now existing or established Ireland, and consisting of more than Ten Persons, so far as relates to any Contract, Agreement, or Commission, which now is or shall or may hereafter be made, entered into, or accepted by such Company in its Corporate Capacity, for the general Benefit of such Incorporation or Company):

Nor any Deputies or Clerks in any of the several Offices following; that is to say, the Office of Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of the Treasury, (except the Secretary of the Treasury); or of the Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, or of the Tellers of the Exchequer, or of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (except the Secretary of the Chancellor of the Exchequer); or of the Commissioners of Stamps, or of the Commissioners of Appeals.

V. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the Dissolution or other Determination of this present Parliament, no Person who shall have in his own Name, or in the Name of any Person or Persons in Trust for him or his Benefit, any Office or Place of Profit, from or by the Nomination or Appointment, or by any Appointment subject to the Approbation of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, Lord Justices, or other Chief Governor or Governors of that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, created or erected at any Time after the passing of an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for securing the Freedom and Independence of the House of Commons, by excluding there from Persons holding any Offices under the Crown to be hereafter created, or holding certain Offices therein enumerated, or Pensions for Terms of Years, or during His Majesty's Pleasure, shall be capable of being elected or chosen a Member of, or of sitting or voting as a Member of, the House of Commons of any Parliament of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in any Parliament which shall hereafter be summoned and holders.

VI> And be it further enacted, That if any Person hereby declared to disabled from, or rendered incapable of sitting or voting of Commons, shall nevertheless be elected or returned as a Member to serve in Parliament for any County, Stewartry, City, Borough, Cinque shall incur Port, Town, or Place, in any Part of the said United Kingdom, such Election or Return are hereby enacted and declared to be void to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever; and if any Person or Persons so hereafter elected or returned, and declared to be disabled or to be rendered