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National Debt Act 1870
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Part IIU.K.
Denominations and Incidents of StockU.K.
5 Continuance of existing permanent funded debt on existing terms.U.K.
The perpetual annuities described in the first schedule to this Act, to the respective amounts thereof subsisting at the passing of this Act, and the several capital sums in respect whereof those several annuities are payable, do and shall form part of the National Debt, . . . F1
All the annuities aforesaid shall respectively continue redeemable by Parliament . . . F1, at the rate of one hundred pounds sterling for every one hundred pounds of the capital sums in respect whereof they are payable . . . F2
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F1Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
F2Words repealed by Finance Act 1942 (c. 21), Sch. II, Pt. III
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C1S. 5 excluded in part (26.3.2015) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 124(4)(a)(7)
6 Stock charged on consolidated fund.U.K.
The annuities and dividends aforesaid shall continue to be charged on and payable out of [F3the National Loans Fund with recourse to] the consolidated fund.
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F3Words inserted by National Loans Act 1968 (c. 13), Sch. 5
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F4Ss. 7 - 10, 17 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
11 Annuities to be several joint stocks.U.K.
The annuities of each denomination mentioned in the first schedule to this Act taken together shall continue to constitute one capital or joint stock; and all persons for the time being entitled thereto shall continue to have a proportional interest in every such capital or joint stock.
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