Defence Act 1842

13 Purchase monies shall be paid to those whom the principal officers may direct.U.K.

The monies to arise and be produced by the sale or exchange of any of the said messuages, buildings, castles, forts, lines, or other fortifications, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, which shall be so sold or exchanged under the provisions of this present Act, shall be paid by the respective purchaser or purchasers thereof, or the person or persons making such exchange, to such person or persons as the said principal officers for the time being shall direct or appoint to receive the same, for the use of Her Majesty; and the receipt of the said principal officers for such monies, (such receipt to be indorsed on every such conveyance, . . . F1, or assignment as aforesaid), shall effectually discharge the purchaser or purchasers or person or persons, by whom or on whose account the same shall be paid.