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Post Office Act 1953

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85Alienation of Post Office duties by Crown

In order that such part of the hereditary revenue of the Crown arising in and by the Post Office as is vested in Her Majesty may be preserved in the Crown for the future benefit thereof, it is hereby declared that that revenue or any part thereof shall not hereafter be alienable, chargeable or grant-able by Her Majesty, or her heirs or successors, for any estate, term or time whatsoever to endure longer than the life of Her Majesty, or of such King or Queen as shall make the alienation, charge or grant, and that all gifts, grants, alienations and assurances whatsoever to be had or made of, and charges upon, the said revenue or any part thereof contrary to the provisions of this Act shall be null and void without any proceeding to determine them or make them void.

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