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COLONIAL STOCK ACT 1877 - SECT 26

Definitions.

26. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

The expression "colony" means any dominion, colony, island, territory,
province or settlement situate within Her Majesty's dominions, but not within
the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, or Isle of Man, ... and for the
purposes of this Act the whole of the dominion, colonies, islands,
territories, provinces and settlements under one central legislature and also
such part of the said dominion and such of the said colonies, islands,
territories, provinces and settlements as is under a local legislature is
deemed to be a colony:

The expression "legislature" means any bodies or body of persons or person who
can exercise legislative authority in a colony, and where there are local
legislatures as well as a central legislature, includes both each of the local
legislatures and the central legislature:

The expression "colonial stock" includes any share or interest in
colonial stock:

The expression "register" includes any books kept by the registrar for the
purpose of colonial stock in which the names and addresses of the several
persons for the time being entitled to such stock, and the amounts to which
they are entitled, and the transfers thereof, are entered:

The expression "stockholder" means a person holding colonial stock, being
entered as proprietor thereof in the register kept under this Act:

The expression "person" includes a corporation.

Definition rep. by SLR 1894

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