OVr Soveraign Lord , and the Estates of Parliament , do Ratify and Approve all Laws and Acts of Parliament made for Securing the Government of the Church as it is now Established by Law ; And for the further Security of the peace of Church and State , as it is now established ; They do hereby Statute and Ordaine , that where any persons who are Tenants , as well in Burgh as Land , or servants being declared upon the Oath of Calumny of the Informer , shall be found Guilty or holden as confest before any competent Iudicature for Field-Conventicles ; or for resetting Preachers , who are or shall be Excommunicated , Intercommuned , or Declared Fugitives upon a Process intented against the said Tennauts and Servants within three months after committing of the said Crimes , that their Names , with the Sentence be intimated by the Iudge who pronounced the same under form of instrument , to the Master ; if the Delinquent be a servant , or to the Heritor and Landlord in whose Land or houses he lives , if he be a Tennant or Cottar ; which Master or Heritor shall be obliged within a Month after the said intimation , either to pay the Delinquents Fine ( there being sufficient Goods to satisfie the same by and attour a years rent to the Master ; or if he have not sufficient Goods , to put him and his Family out of his Land or house , if he be a Tennant or Cottar ; and ( if a Servant out of his service ) or to present him to Iustice providing always that the Libel , whereupon the foresaid Sentence proceeded be special as to a certain place where the Field-Conventicle was keeped , or there about and also be special as to the time , viz a certain day of such a week , or one or other of the days of that week . And his Majesty , with the Advice and Consent of His Estates of Parliament Declares , that in this case , it shall be leisum to Heritors to put their Tennants off their Lands , or out of their Houses possessed by them , at any time of the year ; and that without any Warning or Process of Removing : And not withstanding of any Tacks set to the Tennants for Years or Terms to run ; which in this case are hereby Declared to be void and null , and the Masters & Heritors are hereby authorised and allowed to retain as much of the Goods and Geer belonging to the said Tennants , Cottars and Servants , as may satisfie and pay the last years Rent due by the Tennant and relieve them of the said Fines .

And His Majesty with consent aforesaid Declares that if any man shall Resett or Entertain any Servant , Tenant or Cortar who is so put away , he shall be lyable to pay three years fee to the Master who did put him away and three years duty to the Heritor who put away his Tenant or Cottar , if the said Tenants or Cottars so put away be Resett or Harboured by any other Heritor as said is ; and likewise be liable in one hundred pounds Scots to be payed to the King . It is also hereby Statute and Ordained , That the Fines imposed by former Laws upon Field-Conventicles , shall be doubled , each person being by this Act Fineable by the former Laws : Except as to Burgesses of Burroughs Royal , Regality and Barony ; who besides the incurring the former Fines for Field-Conventicles , are for the future to loose their Burgesships , and Liberties , and to be banished from the Town where they lived , and to the End that all the Laws against Conventicles may be the better put to Execution , It is hereby Declared , that it shall be Lawful to His Majesty to Nominate Sheriff-Deputs , Iustices of Peace , or other Commissioners for punishing Conventicles , and such as are guilty of irregular Marriages , Baptismes and invading of Ministers .