Lord Chancellor's Pension Act 1832
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1832 c. 111 |
| Year | 1832 |
(2 & 3 Will. 4) C A P. CXI.
[15th August 1832]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that the Offices herein-after mentioned should be abolished as soon as Provision can be made for the due Performance of the Duties thereunto belonging:' Be it 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, Thatthe Offices of Keeper or Clerk of His Majesty's Hanaper, the Patentee of the Subpoena Office, the Registrar of Affidavits, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, the Clerk of the Patents, the Clerk of the Custodies of Lunatics and Idiots, the Prothonotary of the Court of Chancery, the Chaff Wax, the Sealer, the Clerk of the Presentations, the Clerk of Inrolments in Bankruptcy, the Clerk of Dispensations and Faculties, and the Patentee for the Execution of the Laws and Statutes concerning Bankrupts, shall utterly cease and determine from and after the Twentieth Day ofAugust One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
II Offices not to determine until Removal of Persons appointed before 1st June.
II. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to determine any of the aforesaid Offices now holden, in Possession or Reversion, by any Person appointed thereto on or before the First Day ofJune last, until the Decease or Resignation of such Person.
III Annuity of 5,000 l. to Lord Chancellor on Resignation of Office.
III. 'And whereas by reason of the Abolition of the said Offices the Lord High Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal for the Time being will be deprived of the Patronage and Gift of the said Offices, which does of Right belong to and has been exercised by him; and it is therefore just and equitable that more ample Provision should be made for the Lord High Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal on his Retirement from Office;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His...
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