Relief as to Transferable Stocks, etc. Act 1812
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1812 c. 158 |
| Year | 1812 |
(52 Geo. 3) C A P. CLVIII.
[29th July 1812]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Thirty sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Relief of Persons equitably and beneficially entitled to or interested in the several Stocks and Annuities transferrable at the Bank of England, Provision is made for the Transfer and Receipt of Dividends under and by the Direction of His Majesty's High Court of Chancery, or of the Court of Exchequer, of and on Stocks and Annuities transferrable at the Bank of England , standing in the Name or Names of any Person or Persons who being Trustee or Trustees, or the legal personal Representative or Representatives of any such Person or Persons, shall be absent, out of the Jurisdiction, or not amenable to the Process of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, or who are Bankrupt or Bankrupts, Lunatic or Lunatics, or who shall refuse to transfer the Stock or Annuities legally vested in him, her or them, or to receive or pay over the Dividends of such Stock or Annuities to the Person or Persons beneficially entitled thereto, or in case it is uncertain or unknown whether such Trustee or Trustees, Representative or Representatives, is or are living or dead; and by the same ActProvision is made for the Transfer, under the Direction of the Lord Chancellor, of Stocks and Annuities transferrable at the Bank ofEngland , standing in the Names of Persons declared or adjudged Bankrupt in his, her or their own Right, and for Receipt of the Dividends of such Stockand Annuities; and by the same Act Provision is made for Transfer, under the like Direction, of Stock and Annuities transferrable at the Bank, standing in the Name or Names of a Lunatic or Lunatics in his, her or their own Right, or in the Name or Names of the Committee or Committees of his, her or their Estate or Estates, in Trust for the said Lunatic or Lunatics, or as Part of his, her or their Property: And whereas by an Act passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for the Relief of...
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