# Suez Canal (Shares) Act 1876 (repealed 5.11.1993)

39 & 40 Vict. c. 67 · enacted 15 August 1876 · revised to 5 November 1993

An Act for making provision respecting Shares in the Capital of the Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez, acquired on behalf of the Crown.

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/suez-canal-shares-act-1876-repealed-5111993/pdf/ukpga_18760067_en.pdf

## Introductory text



## 1 Treasury to hold and use shares.

The Treasury shall receive and hold, and may use, the shares aforesaid, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, on trust for public purposes.

## 2 Payment of receipts to Consolidated Fund.

All money received under the recited Agreement, or in respect of the shares aforesaid, shall be paid into the receipt of Her Majesty’s Exchequer, and be carried to the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

## 3 Accounts to be laid before Houses of Parliament.

The Treasury shall cause to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, within three months after the thirty-first day of March in every year, accounts, shewing the sums received under the recited Agreement, or in respect of the shares aforesaid, and the charge within the year for principal of and interest on the money raised in respect of the purchase of the shares aforesaid, and the amount of principal money still outstanding.

## 4 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Suez Canal (Shares) Act 1876.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/67 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/suez-canal-shares-act-1876-repealed-5111993
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