# Vestries Act 1831(repealed 1.6.1992), Section 32: Account book to be kept, and to be open to inspection.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The said vestry shall and they are hereby required to cause a book or books to be provided and kept, and true and regular accounts to be entered therein of all sums of money received and disbursed for or on account of parochial purposes, and of the several articles, matters, and things for which such sums of money shall have been so received and disbursed; which book or books shall at all seasonable times be open to the inspection of the said vestrymen, and of any person or persons rated to the relief of the poor of the said parish, and of any creditor or creditors on the same, without fee or reward; and the said vestrymen and persons and creditors as aforesaid, or any of them, shall and may take copies of or extracts from the said book or books, or any part or parts thereof, without paying anything for the same; and in case the clerk to the said vestrymen, or other person with whom such books shall remain, shall on any reasonable demand refuse to permit or shall not permit the said vestrymen, persons, or creditors, or any of them, to inspect the said book or books, or to take such copies or extracts as aforesaid, such clerk or other person as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds for every such offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/1-2/60/section/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vestries-act-1831repealed-161992/section-32
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