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CXLV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any Person, who shall have delivered a Statement or Schedule, shall discover any Omission or wrong Statement therein, it shall be lawful for such Person to deliver an additional Statement or Schedule rectifying such Omission or wrong Statement, and such Person shall not afterwards be subject to any Proceeding under this Act, by reason of such Omission or wrong Statement; and if any Person shall not have delivered a Statement or Schedule within the Time limited by the Commissioners for that Purpose, it shall be lawful for such Person to deliver a Statement or Schedule, in Manner herein directed, at any Time before a Proceeding shall be had to recover the Penalty herein mentioned, and no Proceeding shall be afterwards had for recovering such Penalty; and if any Proceeding shall have been actually had before the Commissioners for recovering such Penalty, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners before whom such Proceedings shall be commenced, on due Proof to their Satisfaction that no Fraud or Evasion whatever was intended, to stay such Proceedings, either on the Terms of paying or without paying the Costs then incurred, as the Commissioners shall think fit; and if any Proceedings shall have been commenced in any Court, it shall be lawful for such Commissioners to certify, that in their Judgement no Fraud or Evasion was intended by the Party making such Omission; and it shall be lawful for any Judge in such Court, on a summary Application, to stay such Proceedings on such Terms as aforesaid, as he shall think fit; or if such Person shall have delivered an imperfect Statement or Schedule, and shall give to the Commissioners a Sufficient Reason why a perfect Statement or Schedule cannot be delivered, the said Commissioners being satisfied therewith shall give further Time, and so from Time to Time, for the Delivery of such Statement or Schedule, and such Persons shall not be liable to any Penalty for not having delivered such Statement or Schedule within the Time before limited, in Case such Person shall have delivered as perfect a Statement or Schedule as from the Nature of the Case he or the was enabled to give, and so from Time to Time as long as the Commissioners shall grant further Time as aforesaid.
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