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GREAT SEAL ACT 1884 - SECT 2

Authority for passing instrument under Great Seal.

2.(1) A warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, countersigned by the
Lord Chancellor, or by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or
by the Lord High Treasurer, or two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury, shall be a necessary and sufficient authority for passing any
instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, according to the tenor
of such warrant; Provided that any instrument which may now be passed under
the Great Seal by the fiat or under the authority or directions of the
Lord Chancellor or otherwise without passing through any other office may
continue to be passed as heretofore.

(2) The Lord Chancellor may from time to time make, and when made revoke and
vary, regulations respecting the passing of instruments under the Great Seal
of the United Kingdom, and respecting the warrants for that purpose, and the
preparation of such instruments and warrants, and every such warrant shall be
prepared by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.

(3) No person shall make or prepare any warrant for passing any instrument
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or procure any instrument to be
passed under that Seal otherwise than in manner provided by this Act or the
Crown Office Act, 1877; and any person who acts in contravention of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

S.3 rep. by SLR 1898

© 1884 Crown Copyright

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