Joint Stock Banks (Scotland and Ireland) Act 1846
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1846 c. 75,9 & 10 Vict. c. 75 |
| Year | 1846 |
(9 & 10 Vict.) C A P. LXXV.
[26th August 1846]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituledAn Act to regulate Joint Stock Banks in England, and it is expedient to extend the Provisions of the said Act to Scotland and Ireland :' Be it enacted by the Queen'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 Authorityof the same, That all the Provisions of the said Act (except as herein-after excepted) shall extend toScotland and Ireland , and to every Company of more than Six Persons who shall carry on the Trade or Business of Bankers in Scotland or Ireland after the passing of this Act, as if the first-recited Act were herein re-enacted, with the Substitution of the Words ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ,’ instead of the Word ‘England ,’ wherever the same is found in the said Act: Provided always, that where by the said Act Enactments are made with reference to Agreements or Covenants of Copartnership entered into on or after the Sixth Day of May last passed, before the passing of the said Act, and Companies carrying on or established for the Purpose of carrying on the Trade or Business of Bankers in England on or before the said Sixth Day of May , the same Enactments shall be deemed to apply in Scotland and Ireland only to Agreements or Covenants of Copartnership entered into on or after the Ninth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and Companies carrying on or established for the Purpose of carrying on the Trade or Business of Bankers in Scotland or Ireland on or before the said Ninth Day of August: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to apply to Scotland or Ireland so much of the said recited Act as declares what Companies shall be deemed trading Companies within the Provisions of an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty intituled AnAct for facilitating the winding up of the Affairs of Joint Stock Companies unable to meet their pecuniary Engagements .
II Nothing in this Act to preclude Creditors in Scotland from Remedies, &c. competent to them before the passing thereof.
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