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Bank Notes Act 1852
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Bank Notes Act 1852
1852 CHAPTER 2 16 and 17 Vict
An Act to amend an Act of the First Year of King George the Fourth, for the further Prevention of forging and counterfeiting Bank Notes.
[16th December 1852]
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C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law 1892 (c. 19)
[1.]Signatures of the cashiers of the Bank of England may be impressed on notes, &c. by machinery instead of being written, which shall be valid.U.K.
All notes, . . . F1 and bank bills of exchange of the said Governor and Company, whereon the name or names of one of the cashiers of the said Governor and Company or other officer appointed or to be appointed by the said Governor and Company in that behalf, shall or may be impressed or affixed by machinery provided for that purpose by the said Governor and Company, and with the authority of the said Governor and Company, shall be taken to be good and valid to all intents and purposes as if such notes, . . . F1, and bank bills of exchange had been subscribed in the proper handwriting of such cashier or other officer as aforesaid, and shall be deemed and taken to be bank notes, . . . F1, and bank bills of exchange within the meaning of all laws and statutes whatsoever, and shall and may be described as bank notes, . . . F1, and bank bills of exchange respectively in all indictments and other criminal and civil proceedings whatsoever, any law, statute, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
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C3 “the said Governor and Company” means the Governor and Company of the Bank of England
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