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Penalty on consuls demanding other fees than those specified in the schedule or in any order in council.
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5. In case any consul general or consul, appointed by his Majesty as aforesaid, shall, by himself or deputy, or by any person authorized thereto in his behalf, ask, demand, receive, take, or accept, for or by reason or on account of any matter or thing by him done or performed in the execution of such his office, or for or an account or under pretence or by reason of any service or duty by him rendered, done, or performed in such his office for any person or persons whomsoever, any other or greater fee, reward, gratuity, gift, or remuneration than is mentioned and specified in the said schedule, or than shall be sanctioned and specified in or by any such order or orders in council as aforesaid, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and become liable to pay to his Majesty, any sum of sterling British money, not exceeding the amount of the salary of such person for one year, nor less than the twelfth part of such annual salary, at the discretion of the court in which such penalty may be recovered, and shall moreover upon a second conviction for any such offence forfeit such his office, and for ever after become incapable of serving his Majesty in the same or the like capacity.
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