Inscribed Stock (Registrar) Act 1900 (NSW)

Act No. 69, 1900.

An Act to author ise t he Treasurer to satisfy

j u d g m e n t s , decrees, and	orders	in	proceed­
ings in the Uni ted	K i n g d o m	in respect of	t h e

stock of t he Colony. [5th December, 1900.]

W H E R E A S by the Imper ia l Act, inti tuled the Colonial Stock Act,

1877, it is enacted that , on provision being made by the legisla­ tu re of a colony and otherwise for the inscript ion and t rans fe r in a regis ter kept in the Uni ted Kingdom by some bank, colonial officer, or person ( therein referred to as the r eg i s t r a r ) of any stock forming the whole or p a r t of the public debt of such colony, and upon a cer ta in declarat ion in respect of the stock therein specified being made and recorded as in the said Act mentioned tha t Act shall apply to the stock so specified: And whereas in the said Act it is fur ther provided tha t in any legal proceedings in a court in the Uni ted Kingdom in relat ion to the regis ter of colonial stock to which tha t Act applies or to an en t ry in or omission from such regis ter or to a r ight or t i t le to or interest in any such colonial stock or any dividend thereon, the reg is t ra r , whether a p a r t y or not to such proceeding, shall comply with any order made by such court in relat ion to the ma t t e r s aforesaid, and tha t where proceed­ ings a re had upon any peti t ion of r ight in Eng land in relat ion to such stock or dividend presented by any person claiming to be interested in the same the judgment , decree, rule, or order of the court shall be com­ plied with by the r eg i s t r a r or other agent of the Colonial Government in Eng land having possession in England of moneys of such Government : And whereas by the Inscribed Stock Act of 1883 provision is made for the inscript ion and t r ans fe r of stock of the Colony in a regis ter kept in the Uni ted Kingdom by a r eg i s t r a r appointed in pursuance of the said A c t : And whereas it is desirable to make provision for meet ing any liability of such r eg i s t r a r under the above recited provisions of the Colonial Stock Act, 1877: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen 's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislat ive Council and Legislat ive Assembly of New South Wales in Par l i ament assembled, and by the au thor i ty of the same, as follows:—

dom, in relat ion to the regis ter of stock of this Colony, or to an en t ry in or omission from tha t register , or to a r ight or title to or in teres t in any such

1. This Act may be cited as the " Inscribed Stock (Reg i s t r a r )

Act,	1 9 0 0 . "
2. Where , in any legal proceedings in a court in the Uni ted K ing ­

such stock or any dividend thereon, or upon any pet i t ion of r ight in Eng land in relat ion to such stock or dividend presented by any person claiming to be interested in the same, the r eg i s t r a r appointed in pursu­ ance of the Inscribed Stock Act of 1883 is liable under the Colonial Stock Act, 1877, in respect of any judgment , decree, rule, or order of the court, the Colonial T r e a s u r e r shall isssue his w a r r a n t for the payment from the Consolidated Revenue F u n d of such amount as may be necessary to satisfy any such judgment , decree, or order.