Taxation, etc. Act 1692

IX Contributor may assign or devise his Interest;

Entry of Assignment and Will, and Affidavit of Execution, to be filed in the Office of Receipt; Proviso where no Assignment or Devise.

And be it further enacted That it shall and may be lawfull for any Contributor his Executors Administrators or Assignes at any time dureing the Life of his or their respective Nominee by any writeing under hand and seale or by his or their last Will in writeing to assign or devise any one or more share or shares of the said Fund payable dureing the Life of any one or more Nominee or Nominees to any person or persons and so toties quoties. and no such Assignements to be revocable so as an entry or memorandum of such Assignement or Will be made in Books to be kept for that purpose in the said Office of the Receipt within the space of two Months after such assignement or death of the Devisor And that upon the produceing such assignement or Will or Probat thereof in the said Office of Receipt to be entred as aforesaid the party so produceing the same shall bring therewith an Affidavitt taken before some person authorized to take Affidavitts in causes depending in any of the Courts at Westminster of the due execution of the said Assignement or Will which Affidavitts shall be severally filed in the said Office Which said entry or memorandum the said Officers in the said Receipt of the Exchequer are hereby required to make accordingly and to file the said Affidavitts And in default of such Assignement or Devise by Deed or Will the Interest of such Contributor shall goe to his Executors and Administrators for the Life of the Nominee such Nominee being some other person as aforesaid