Taxation Act 1691

VI.Penalties how recovered.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Fines Penalties and Forfeitures by this Act Imposed shall be sued for recovered and leavied by such Ways Means and Methods as any other Fine Penalty or Forfeiture is or may be Recovered by any Law or Laws of Excise or by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Informac[i]on in any of their Majesties Courts of Record at Westminster And that one Moiety of such Forfeiture or Penalty shall be to their Majesties their Heires and Successors and the other Moiety to him or them thatt shall discover informe or sue for the same