No officer belonging to the King's bench, common pleas or exchequer, nor any clerk of assise, clerk of the peace, town-clerk, or any officer under them, nor any other, shall conceal any indictment, fine, post-fine, issue, amercement, forfeited recognizance or other forfeiture, unless by order of court; nor shall they miscertify any of the same ; on pain to forfeit the treble value of what they conceal or miscertify; one moiety to the King, the other to the prosecutor; and also on pain to lose his office, and be incapable of any office where any part of the King's revenue is managed or paid.
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