Notwithstanding anything in the [39 & 40 Vict. c. 67.] Suez Canal Shares Act, 1876, or the [57 & 58 Vict. c. 30.] Finance Act, 1894, any money paid into the Exchequer, whether before or after the passing of this Act, in respect of the capital of Suez Canal shares drawn for repayment shall be issued and applied in like manner as the new sinking fund.
Section fifty-seven, sub-section nine, of the Taxes Management Act, 1880, is hereby repealed, and it shall be lawful for the General Commissioners to permit any barrister or solicitor to plead before them on any appeal for the appellant or officers either viva voce or by writing.
This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1898.
The Acts specified in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned.