Government Offices Security Act 1810
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1810 c. 85 |
| Year | 1810 |
(50 Geo. 3) C A P. LXXXV.
[15th June 1810]
'WHEREAS it is highly expedient that Provision should be made, for preventing any Negligence, Omission or Irregularity, in the giving of due Securities by all Persons employed in Situations of Publick Trust, and concerned in the Receipt and Distribution or Expenditure of Publick Money, who are required to give Security to account for Publick Monies coming to their Hands; and for ascertaining the Death of any Surety or Sureties of any such Person;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That every Personwho shall, after the passing of this Act, be appointed to any Office or Employment, or Commission, Civil or Military, in any Publick Department belonging to that Part of the United Kingdom calledEngland , or to any such Office or Employment of Publick Trust under the Crown, or wherein he shall be concerned in the Collection, Receipt, Disbursement or Expenditure of any Publick Monies, and who by reason thereof shall be required to give Security with Surety or Sureties or otherwise, shall, within One Month after Notice of such Appointment, if he shall then be in England , or within Two Months if he shall then be in Scotland or Ireland , or within Six Months if he shall then be in any other Part of Europe in America or the West Indies , or within Nine Months if he shall then be in Africa , or within Eighteen Months if he shall then be in the East Indies or in any other Part of Asia , or within Ten Months if he shall then be on the High Seas, (unless he shall sooner arrive in England or Wales , or Scotland or Ireland , and then within Two Mouths after such Arrival) give, execute and enter into a Bond or Bonds or other Security or Securities, in such Sum, and with such sufficient Surety or Sureties as shall be approved of by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury or any Three or more of them, or by the principal Officer or Officers or Person or Persons in the Office or Department to which he shall be appointed, for the due Performance of the Trust reposed in him, and for the duly accounting for all Publick Monies entrusted to him or placed under his Controul.
II Persons already appointed to give Security.
II. And be it further enacted, That every Person who, before the passing of this Act, shall have been appointed to and shall hold any Office or Employment, or Commission Civil or Military, in any Publick Department belonging to that Part of the United Kingdom calledEngland , or any such Office or Employment of Publick Trust under the Crown, or wherein he shall be concerned in the Collection, Receipt, Disbursement or Expenditure of Publick Monies, and who by reason thereof shall have been or shall be required to give Security with Surety or Sureties or otherwise, and who shall not before have given such Security, shall, within One Month after the passing of this Act, if such Person shall then be in England or Wales , within Two Months if he shall then be in Scotland , or within Three Months if he shall then be in Ireland , or within Six Months if he shall then be in any other Part of Europe or in the West Indies or America , or within Nine Mouths if he shall then be in Africa , or within Eighteen Months if he shall then be in the East Indies or in any other Part of Asia , or...
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