from the said Master, Wardens, and Society, for such additional Sum of Four Pounds Four Shillings; and the Sum of Two Pounds Two Shillings by every Assistant; and the several Sums of Money arising from the granting of such Certificates, shall be applied in manner hereinafter directed.
And be it further Enacted, That if any person (except such as are then actually practising as such) shall, after the said First Day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen, act or practise as an Apothecary in any part of England or Wales, without having obtained such Certificate as aforesaid, every person so offending shall for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds; and if any person (except such as are then acting as such, and excepting persons who have actually served an Apprenticeship as aforesaid) shall, after the said First Day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen, act as an Assistant to any Apothecary, to compound and dispense Medicines, without having obtained such Certificate as aforesaid, every person so offending, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the Sum of Five Pounds.
And be it further Enacted, That no Apothecary shall be allowed to recover any Charges claimed by him in any Court of Law, unless such Apothecary shall prove on the Trial, that he was in practice as an Apothecary prior to, or on the said First Day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen, or that he has obtained a Certificate to practise as an Apothecary, from the said Master, Wardens, and Society of Apothecaries as aforesaid.
Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That if the said Court of Examiners, or the major part of them, having examined any Person or Persons applying to qualify himself or themselves to practise as an Apothecary, or if they, or the said Five Apothecaries so to be appointed for any County or Counties as aforesaid, having examined any Person or Persons applying to qualify himself or themselves to practise as an Assistant to an Apothecary, in compounding and dispensing Medicines, shall see cause to refuse such Certificate
