Section 1 of the act continued certain clauses of the
Adulteration of Coffee Act 1718 (
5 Geo. 1. c. 11), as continued by the
Continuance of Laws Act 1722 (
9 Geo. 1. c. 8), the
Unlawful Games Act 1728 (
2 Geo. 2. c. 28), the
Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1734 (
8 Geo. 2. c. 21), the
Starr and Bent Act 1741 (
15 Geo. 2. c. 33), the
Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (
20 Geo. 2. c. 47) and the
Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (
27 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of those enactments to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1767. Section 2 of the act continued the
Customs, etc. Act 1721 (
8 Geo. 1. c. 18) "except the Clauses obliging all Ships and Vessels to perform Quarantine", as continued by the
Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (
20 Geo. 2. c. 47) , corrected by the
Insolvent Debtors Relief, etc. Act 1747 (
21 Geo. 2. c. 33) and continued by the
Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (
27 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1767. Section 3 of the act continued the
Colonial Trade Act 1729 (
3 Geo. 2. c. 28), as continued by the
Colonial Trade Act 1734 (
8 Geo. 2. c. 19), the
Starr and Bent Act 1741 (
15 Geo. 2. c. 33) , the
Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (
20 Geo. 2. c. 47) and the
Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (
27 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of the act to the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1767. Section 4 of the act continued the
Importation Act 1733 (
7 Geo. 2. c. 18), as continued by the
Continuance of Laws Act 1740 (
14 Geo. 2. c. 34), the
Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (
20 Geo. 2. c. 47) and the
Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (
27 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1767. Section 5 of the act continued the
Importation Act 1738 (
12 Geo. 2. c. 36) "as relates to the prohibiting the importation of books reprinted abroad, and first composed or written and printed in
Great Britain", as continued by the
Continuance of Laws Act 1746 (
20 Geo. 2. c. 47) and the
Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (
27 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of those enactments until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1767. Section 6 of the act provided that people who had omitted to cause affidavits to be made and filed regarding the actual execution of contracts to serve as clerks to attorneys or solicitors would be granted further time until 6 November 1760, to file such affidavits, thereby indemnifying them from penalties, forfeitures, incapacities, and disabilities that would otherwise be incurred due to such neglect, with any affidavit filed by this date to be as effectual as if it had been made and filed within the originally required timeframe. == Subsequent developments ==