Provisions relating to the Colonial Stock Acts(1)
5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Colonial Stock Acts 1877 to 1948 shall apply in relation to Zimbabwe in respect of the following stock,
(a)stock issued by the Government of Southern Rhodesia; and
(b)stock issued by the Government of the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland for which the Government of Southern Rhodesia became responsible under the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963
(2) In its application to the stock referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, section 20 of the Colonial Stock Act 1877 shall have effect as if for the second paragraph of that section the following were substituted:—
“(2) Any person claiming to be interested in colonial stock to which this Act applies, or in any dividend thereon, may institute civil proceedings in the United Kingdom against the registrar in relation to that stock or dividend.”
1877 c. 59, 1892 c. 35, 1900 c. 62, 1948 c. 1 (12, 13, & 14 Geo 6).