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Elections of such Persons to Parliament void.
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XLIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person holding any of the said Offices shall be returned as a Member to serve in Parliament such Election and Return are hereby declared to be void; and if any Person so declared incapable of being elected and so returned shall presume to sit or vote as a Member of the House of Commons, every such Person so sitting and voting shall thenceforth be incapable of taking, holding, or enjoying any Office of Honour or Profit under His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and shall forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds for every Day in which he shall sit or vote in the said House of Commons to such Person or Persons as shall sue for the same in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Westminster; and the Money so forfeited shall be recovered by the Person or Persons so suing, with full Costs of Suit, in any of the said Courts, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in which no Essoign, Privilege, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed, and only One Imparlance.
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