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Punishing Persons pretending that Stock is the Property of Foreigners.
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XCII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall, with Intention to defraud His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, falsely or fraudulently make any Claim to be exempted either in his or her own Behalf, or any other, from the Duty contained in the said Schedule marked (C.) contrary to the Intent of this Act, every such Person shall forfeit to His Majesty, His, Heirs and Successors, the Sum of Five hundred Pounds; and if such Claim shall be made by any Person in his or her own Behalf, he or she shall moreover be liable to be assessed in Treble the Duty to be charged on the said Annuities and Shares, at the Rate prescribed by the said recited Act.
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