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When Process of Contempt is for Nonperformance of an Act.
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XIV. And be it further enacted, That where the Process of Contempt is for the Nonperformance of an Act, for example, the not answering a Plaintiff’s Bill, and the Bill in Equity to which the Insolvent is a Party is taken pro Confesso, and he has not paid the Costs of the Contempt, or the Insolvent has fully answered the Plaintiff’s Bill or Interrogatories, or otherwise cleared his Contempt except as far as regards the Payment of the Costs, or it has become in event unnecessary for him to do the Act for the Nonperformance of which he was committed or attached, the Court of Equity in which the Suit is depending shall, upon the Application of the Party in Contempt, discharge him from the same, except as to the Costs thereof, for which he shall remain in Custody, and such Costs shall be deemed within the Provision lastly herein-before contained, and he shall be dischargeable therefrom, and from the Process of Contempt, in like Manner as if the Process of Contempt were for Nonpayment of Money or Costs; provided that this Order or Regulation shall not weaken any of the other Powers by this Act given, nor shall any thing herein contained lessen the Operation of the said Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
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