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Peerage Act 1963

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Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1Form; Delivery, Certification and Registration of Instruments of Disclaimer

1An instrument of disclaimer under this Act shall be an instrument under seal in the following form or any form to the like effect:

2Any instrument of disclaimer under this Act shall be delivered to the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.

3Where the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that an instrument of disclaimer in respect of a peerage has been delivered within the time allowed by this Act, he shall furnish to the person disclaiming the peerage a certificate to that effect, and shall cause particulars of the instrument and of his certificate to be entered in a register kept by him for the purpose, which shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times.

4A certificate of the Lord Chancellor that an instrument of disclaimer was delivered within the time allowed by this Act shall be conclusive evidence of that fact, but shall not be evidence of any other matter relevant to the validity of the instrument, including the right of the person by whom it was delivered to any peerage to which it relates.

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