# Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, Section 12: Exclusion of compensation under Act in certain cases.


(1) No person shall, by virtue of this Act, be entitled to compensation in respect of the acquisition on behalf of His Majesty of any currency, gold or securities, or in respect of the taking control on behalf of His Majesty of any railway undertaking or any undertaking carried on by any person by whom a railway undertaking is carried on, or of any part of such an undertaking as aforesaid.
(2) No compensation shall, by virtue of this Act, be payable to any person in respect of any loss of, or damage to, property, if and so far as that person has become entitled, apart from the provisions of this Act, to recover any sum by way of damages or indemnity in respect of that loss or damage or is, at the time of the occurrence of the loss or damage, required under any contract with the Crown to be insured in respect thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-12
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