ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Production Note Project Unica Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015 ANNO UNDECIMO GEORGII IV. REGIS. CAP. XII. An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence, before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, on a Bill to prevent Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough of East Retford. [26th April 1830.] WHEREAS the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, have passed a Bill, intituled An Ac. to prevent Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough of East Retford: And whereas it is alleged that there has been the most notorious, long-continued, and general Corruption in the Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of East Retford, and that such Bribery and Corruption are likely to continue and be practised in future, unless some Means are taken to prevent the same : And whereas it is necessary to examine, at the Bar of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in respect of such alleged Bribery and Corruption, several Persons : And whereas the Evidence of such Persons may lead to Disclosures tending to expose them to Penal Consequences: And whereas it is expedient to indemnify such Persons, as they are herein-after indemnified, upon their truly and faithfully making such Disclosure and Discovery as herein-after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual H h and 7'0 122 11° GEORGII IV. Cap. 12. and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, All Persons, and by the Authority of the same, That for the more effectually except Can- prosecuting the said Inquiry, that all and every Person and Persons, didates, ini- £ot having been Candidates or a Candidate for the said Borough Bribery at at the last Election, who may or hath been or may have been EastRetford, implicated or engaged in such alleged Bribery and Corruption at Who may be or connected with any Election of Members to serve in Parliament examined by for tllc sajcj Borough of East Retford, and who shall be examined Lords°and° as Witnesses or a Witness, at the Bar of the Lords Spiritual and Who Shall Temporal, touching such alleged Bribery and Corruption, and who make a faith- up0n such Examination, make a true and faithful Discovery f'urDiS-Cld and Disclosure, to the best of his, her, or their Knowledge, touching ni'fied.m ™ all Acts, Matters, and Things to which he, she, or they shall be so examined, shall be, and he, she, and they is and are hereby freed, indemnified, and discharged of, from, and against all Penal Actions, Forfeitures, Punishments, Disabilities, and Incapacities, and all Criminal Prosecutions, which he, she, or they may have been or may become liable or subject to, or which he, she, or they may have incurred or may incur at the Suit of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or any other Person or Persons, for or by reason or means of or in relation to any Act, Matter, or Thing done or committed by such Person or Persons in respect of such alleged Bribery and Corruption, respecting or concerning which such Person or Persons shall be so examined as aforesaid, and shall make such true and faithful Discovery and Disclosure as aforesaid. Not to extend II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That this Act, or to any Per- any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be deemed or sons giving construe