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It shall be lawful for Her Majesty (or in Ireland for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland) to remit in whole or in part any Sum of Money which under any Act now in force or hereafter to be passed may be imposed as a Penalty or Forfeiture on a convicted Offender, although such Money may be in whole or in part payable to some Party other than the Crown, and to extend the Royal Mercy to any Person who may be imprisoned for Nonpayment of any Sum of Money so imposed, although the same may be in whole or part payable to some Party other than the Crown.