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 36 Q. 13. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. A, D. 1714* other Oaths, and Declaration againft Tranfubftantiation, as the faid former Oath oF Abjuration ought to have been taken. Pnnifliment of XVII. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon that now is, or hereafter {hall be a Peer of thsa Members pre- Realm, or Member of the Houfe of Peers, or Member of the Houfe of Commons, in this or any fiic- /gmmg to vote, ce editig Parliament], and after the faid twenty-ninth Day of September prefume to vote, or make his Proxy, not having taken the faid Oath, and fubferibed the fame, as aforefaid, every fuch Peer or Member fo of- fending mail be difabled to fue, or life arty Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any Court of Law, or to proiecute any Suit in any Court of Equity, or to be Guardian of any Child, or Executor or Admini- strator of any Perfon, or be capable of any Legacy or Deed of Gift, or to be in any Office wiihin this Realm of Great Britain, or to vote at any Election for Members to ferve in Parliament, and fhall forfeit the Sum of five hundred Pounds, to be recovered by him or them that fhall fue for the fame, to be pvofe- cuted by Action of Debt, Suit, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts at TVeJtmin- Jier, wherein no Effoin, Protection, or Wager of Law fhall lie, or any more than one Imparlance, and by way of fummar Complaint before the Court or Seffions, or Profecution before the Court of Jufticiary hi Scotland. This Aa not to XVIIi. Provided, That neither this Aft, nor any Thing therein contained, fhall extend, be judged", or extend to Oft- l n t£ r p reK e- Office of Inheritance, do or fhall fubftitute and appoint his or their Deputy or Deputies, and fuch Deputy or putybefubfti- Deputies fhall qualify him or themfelves, according to a Provifo in the Aft made in the five and twenti- tuted who fliall eth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An A£l for preventing Tfangsrs -which < ma$ qiraiify+nmielf, h a ppg n f rom Popijh Recufants, and fo as fuch Deputy or Deputies do likewiie take and fubferibe the Oaths c %? S "' S ' m anc * "Y t '" s P re f ent Act required and exprefled, and fo as fuch Deputy or Deputies be, from Time to Time, approved of by the King's Majefty under his Privy Signet. Such Offices in XIX. Provided that no Office of Inheritance in &rtlaxd fhall be forfeitable otherwife than according to jtfffi?Wft the Laws now in Force there. according to the XX. Provided always, That this Act, or any Thing therein contained, fhall not extend to the Office. Laws there, of any Tithingman, Headborough, Overfeer of the Poor, Churchwardens, Surveyors of the Highways, This Aa not to or arj y like inferior Civil Office, or to any Office of Forefter, or Keeper of any Park, Chafe, Warren, o2" d '? _ or Game, or BailifF of any Manor or Lands, nor to any like private Offices, nor to any Perfon or Perfons Tithingmln, having only any the before-mentioned or the like Offices, for or upon account of fuch Offices only. &c. XXI. Provided always, That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fhall not extend to any Pcr- Nor to any who fon who hath fince his Majefty's happy Acceffion to the Throne, taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Su- r r)"h ta r" Ilt h" ! P remac y' anc * ^ Abjuration Oath, in any of the faid Courts at TVeJlmi-nJler, or at the General Quarter- Ma'iefty'sAc- 5 ^ e ffi° ns of the Peace, or in either Houfes of Parliament, unlefs by reafon of fuch Perfon's having fome ceffion, except new Office or Imployment, or his coming hereafter under fome of the Qualifications which require th« on account of taking the Oaths before-mentioned, by virtue of this Aft, or any other Law now in Being. fcmenew office. XXII. Provided always, and be it declared and enacted, That all Perfons whatfoever, who by virtue of b^n^Law to zn Y Eaw now in Being are or would be obliged, if this Act was not had or made, to receive the Sacra- recei^I the Si- ment according to the LTfage of the Church of England, and to make and fubferibe the Declaration againft crament, &c. Tranfubftantiation or either of them, on any Occafion whatfoever, fhall continue obliged, in all fuch fnail continue Cafes, to receive the faid Sacrament, and make and fubferibe the faid Declaration, together with the Oaths cbhged. appointed by this Act, in fuch Manner, and under fuch Penalties in cafe of Negleit, as is required by any former Law. P£rf ™ s ' ak j"S XXIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon ot Lfore Dec. i? P er fo ns > w ho fhail, on or before the firft Day of Deamber next, take and fubferibe the Oaths in fuch indemnified ' Manner as is appointed in this Act, and alfo receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the from all Penal- Ufage of the Church of England, and make and fubferibe the Declaration againft Tranfubftantiation, in ties, sec. thofe Cafes where the Sacrament ought to have been received, and the faid Declaration ought to have been made and fubferibed, and has been neglected, fhall be and are hereby indemnified from and againft all Pe- nalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities, and Difabilities incurred by any former Neglect or Omiffion of taking or fobferibing the Oaths, or receiving the Sacrament, or fubferibing the aforefaid Declaration, according to any former Act or Afts concerningTerfons in Offices or Places of Truft, and is, are and fhall be fully and actually recapacitated and reftored to the fame State and Condition as before fuch Neglect Or Oini£- fion. who'havet'ken XXIV. Provided alfo, That all and every Perfon who has, at any Time fince his Majefty's happy Ac- the Oath a, fince ceffion to the Crown, taken the Oaths, and taken and fubferibed the Abjuration, and alfo fubferibed the his Majefty's Declaration, and received the Sacrament, in fuch Cafes where the Sacrament ought to have been received, •Acceffiou. and the faid Declaration ought to have been fubferibed, according to any Aft or Afts concerning Per- fons in Offices or Places of Truft, fhall iikewife be, and are hereby indemnified, as aforefaid, though the fame has not been within the Time appointed by Law. No Per'bn who XXV. Provided always, That no Perfon or Perfons, who by reafon of any fuch Neglect or Omif- has forfeited any fion hath or have left or forfeited any Office, Benefice, Place, Dignity, or Imployment whatfoever, to Office, &c. (hall w hich any other Perfon or Perfons hath or have been preferred or promoted, fhall be reftored to foch'Of- lc ™f "be ro ^ ce ' benefice, Place, Dignity, or Imployment ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- ™LT e?r °" ftanding.