Security of Public Officers Act 1812

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1812 c. 66
Year1812
Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Secundo. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Fiftieth Year of His present Majesty, to regulate the taking of Securities in all Offices in respect of which Security ought to be given, and for avoiding the Grant of all such Offices in the Event of such Security not being given within a time to be limited after the Grant of such Offices.

(52 Geo. 3) C A P. LXVI.

[9th June 1812]

'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fiftieth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled : And whereas it is expedient to extend the Provisions of the said recited Act toScotland ; and some of the Enactments of the said Act require to be amended: And whereas considerable Expence and Inconvenience has been found to attend the registering Memorials of Securities in the Register Office of Middlesex , and such Expence and Inconvenience will be avoided, and the Purposes of the said Act more effectually carried into Execution, if the Register and Account of the Securities given in the several public Offices or Departments of Government are kept by Persons employed for that Purpose in each respective Office or Department, and the State thereof from time to time reported to the respective Heads of Departments, and to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury;' 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 all the Provisions contained in the said recited Act relative to registering Securities, except so far as the same are repealed or altered by this Act, and also the Provisions of this Act, shall extend and be construed to extend toScotland , and to all Offices, Departments and Persons of the like Nature and Description belonging to the Government of Scotland , as are subject thereto in England .

S-II But not to extend to Ireland.

II But not to extend to Ireland.

II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in the said recited Act or this Act shall extend or be construed to extend to any Offices or Departments belonging to the Government ofIreland , nor to any Persons holding or employed in such Offices or Departments, for or in respect of such Offices or Departments; any thing in the said recited Act or this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

S-III Persons already appointed to give Security.

III Persons already appointed to give Security.

III. 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 Public Department belonging to that Part of the United Kingdom calledScotland , or any such Office or Employment of Public Trust under the Crown, or wherein he shall be concerned in the Collection, Receipt, Disbursement or Expenditure of Public 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 Scotland , within Two Months if he shall then be in England or Wales , 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 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, Wales , or Scotland or Ireland , and then within Three Months after such Arrival) give and execute and enter into a Bond or Bonds, or other Security or Securities in such Sum of Money and with such sufficient Surety or Sureties, as shall be approved by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, or any Three or more of them, or by the principal Officer or Officers of the Office or Department to which he belongs, for the due Performance of the Trust reposed in him, and for the duly accounting for all the Public Monies entrusted to him or placed under his Controul.

S-IV G. 3. c. 85. ∥ 3. as to registering Memorials repealed.

IV G. 3. c. 85. ∥ 3. as to registering Memorials repealed.

IV. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said recited Act as requires Memorials of Securities given by any public Officers to be made out and registered with the Register of the County ofMiddlesex , shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

S-V An Officer in every Department to keep Securities.

V An Officer in every Department to keep Securities.

V. And be it further enacted, That in every Public Office or Department, the Officers or Persons belonging to which are required to give Security in manner directed by the said recited Act or by this Act, some Person or Persons belonging to such Office or Department shall be appointed and authorized and required by the Person or Persons having the Power, Direction and Controul over such Office or Department, to keep and register the Securities relating to the Office or Department to which he shall belong, and from time to time to report the State thereof in manner directed by this Act; and all such Securities as aforesaid shall be delivered to such Person or Persons, to be registered under this Act, within such Periods (except where otherwise prescribed by this Act) and under and subject to the same Penalties and Forfeitures in case of Neglect or Omission to deliver such Securities, as are prescribed in the said recited Act with respect to registering Memorials with the said Register ofMiddlesex .

S-VI Such Officer to lay Accounts before Heads of Departments, &c. annually.

VI Such Officer to lay Accounts before Heads of Departments, &c. annually.

VI. And be it further enacted, That the Person so to be appointed or to be employed to keep and register the Securities given or required to be given by Persons employed in or belonging to each...

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