Revenue, Friendly Societies, and National Debt Act 1882

45 & 46 Vict. c. 72 · Enacted 18 August 1882 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Provision	Change	Made by
s. 19	repealed	Finance Act 2015 s. 124(5)(a)

An Act for amending the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, and Postage and other Stamps, and for making further provision respecting the National Debt and charges payable out of the public revenue or by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; and for other purposes.

[18th August 1882]X1

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Editorial notes

X1: The text of s. 24 was taken from S.I.F. Group 29:7 (Constitutional Law: Crown Land) and ss. 1, 18 and 19 were taken from S.I.F. Group 99:3 (Public Finance and Economic Controls: National Debt); provisions omitted from S.I.F. have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary.

1Short title.
Part I: CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
2, 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
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Part II: STAMPS
8–10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
13, 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
Part III: National Debt and Miscellaneous
18Adjustment of account as regards accumulations of fractions of a penny on the dividends of the National Debt
19Quarterly payment of dividends on 2½ per cents.
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
24Removal of doubts as to Crown rights to escheats, fines and recognisances within certain liberties of the Duchy of Lancaster.
25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
Schedule 1. . .
Schedule S 2–4.. . .

1Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Revenue, Friendly Societies, and National Debt Act 1882.

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18Adjustment of account as regards accumulations of fractions of a penny on the dividends of the National DebtF1

The Registrar of Government Stock shall from time to time, when required by the Treasury, certify to the Treasury the amount in his hands arising from fractions of a penny not paid on account of dividends on the national debt, and the Treasury may by warrant direct the Registrar of Government Stock to repay the same to the National Loans Fund.

19Quarterly payment of dividends on 2½ per cents.

The dividends payable in respect of the two pounds F150p per centum annuities mentioned in the first schedule to the M1National Debt Act 1870, shall be paid quarterly, on the fifth day of January, the fifth day of April, the fifth day of July, and the fifth day of October in every year . . . F2

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24Removal of doubts as to Crown rights to escheats, fines and recognisances within certain liberties of the Duchy of Lancaster.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 Such rights of Her Majesty as are herein-after mentioned shall be deemed to have been vested in Her Majesty in right of Her Crown as from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

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The rights of Her Majesty to which this section applies are:—

(a)

Any right vested in Her Majesty to any escheat or forfeiture of land lying within any liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster which is not situated in the county of Lancaster, not being an escheat or forfeiture of land holden of any manor vested in Her Majesty in right of Her Duchy of Lancaster;

(b)

Any right vested in Her Majesty to the personal estate of any person dying intestate and without next of kin who is domiciled within any such liberty;

(c)

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