# Finance Act 1917

Geo5/7-8 c. 31 · enacted 2 August 1917 · revised to 2 February 1991

An Act to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise) and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

## Introductory text

An Act to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise) and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.[2nd August 1917]

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## Part VI: National Debt and Loans

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## 37 Provisions facilitating dealings with Government stock.

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(4) It is hereby declared that stock or registered bonds issued under the War Loan Acts 1914 to 1916, and any other Act authorising the raising of any sum for the purposes of the present war . . . shall be subject to the provisions of the National Debt Act 1870 and any enactment amending that Act, so far as is consistent with the tenor of the Act under which the loan is raised and save as is otherwise provided by any other Act.
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## Part VII: General

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(2) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1917.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/7-8/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1917
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