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No person confined above three months for 20s. debt,
nor above six months for debt above 20s. and under 40s.
and debt thereby discharged.
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VII. Provided always, That no person shall be longer confined by virtue of any warrant, commitment, or execution by the person who shall preside in the said Court of Conscience, under such authority or jurisdiction of the said Court of Conscience, for any debts, not exceeding in the whole twenty shillings, than three months, to be computed from the first day of such commitment; and that no person shall be longer confined by the authority aforesaid, for any debts exceeding twenty shillings, and under forty shillings, than the term of six months, to be computed as above; and that from and after the respective determinations of such confinements, the debt or debts for which such person or persons shall have been so confined, shall be totally discharged to all intents and purposes, as if such debtor or debtors had actually paid the same.
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