Stannaries Act 1869

2Interpretation of terms.

3Extent and application of Act.

Meeting and proceedings generally

4Majority in value at meeting to bind.

5Proceedings with special notice.

6Definition of special resolution.

7Regulations by special resolution.

8Service of notices.

9Entry of accounts.

10Audit and call.

11Call for prospective expenses.

12Discount or interest on calls.

13Recovery of calls, &c.

Transfer of shares

14Calls due at transfer.

15Transfer of fractional parts of shares.

Forfeiture of shares

16Notice on failure to pay call.

17Forfeiture on failure to pay.

18Sale of forfeited shares.

19Evidence of forfeiture, &c.

20Payment notwithstanding forfeiture.

Relinquishment of shares

21Disposal of relinquished shares.

22Relinquishment to be in writing.

23Evidence of relinquishment, &c.

24Power of sale of mine, &c, as going concern.

25Limitation of liability of past shareholders.

Wages of Miners

26Wages of Miners, &c.

Procedure of the Court

27Affidavits used in the court.

28No demand necessary before enforcing order to pay, produce, or deliver.

29Enforcing process through the registrar of a county court.

30Execution of process of attachment within the stannaries.

31Service of process, &c, beyond the stannaries.

32On appeals to the lord warden, a deposit to be made.

33Duties of registrar in liquidation of a company.

34Attachment of debt due to a contributory on winding up.

35Fraudulent transfers of shares.

36Jurisdiction to restrain sales of setts.

37Issuing injunction orders by the registrar in certain cases.

38Hearing of petition for winding-up,

39Adjournment of sittings and appointment of deputy vice-warden.

40Provision for a temporary registrar on a future vacancy.

41Provision as to half-yearly remissions.

42Vacations in the court.

43Power to make general rules and orders.

44Officer not entitled to compensation in case of alteration of duties or abolition of office.

45Saving for existing creditors.

46Saving for customs of stannaries, &c.

Stannaries Act 1869

1869 Chapter 19

An Act for amending the law relating to Mining Partnerships within the Stannaries of Devon and Cornwall, and to the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries.

[24th June 1869]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: