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Penalty on Inspectors and Surveyors making vexatious Surcharges.
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LXXI. And be it further enacted, That if any Inspector or Surveyor shall wilfully make any false and vexatious Surcharge, or wilfully deliver or cause to be delivered to the Commissioners for executing this Act any false and vexatious Certificate of Charge, every such Inspector or Surveyor shall forfeit to the Party aggrieved any Sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster for Offences committed in England, and in the Court of Great Sessions for Offences committed in Wales, and in the Courts of Session or Exchequer for Offences committed in Scotland, with full Costs of Suit: Provided always, that nothing here in before contained, nor any Suit by the Party aggrieved in pursuance of this Act, shall be construed to affect, impeach, or defeat any Action or Information brought or to be brought against any Surveyor or Inspector in pursuance of the said recited Acts respectively, for any corrupt, vexatious, or illegal Practices in the Execution of his Office; and it shall be lawful for the Judge before whom such Inspector or Surveyor shall have been convicted of such Offence, by Indorsement on the Postea, or for the Court before whom such Person shall be convicted, to mitigate the Penalty at his or their Discretion.
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