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NATIONAL DEBT ACT 1870 - SECT 32

Distinction between stock certificates to bearer and nominal certificates.

32. A stock certificate, unless a name is inscribed therein, shall entitle the
bearer to the stock therein described, and shall be transferable by delivery.

The bearer of a stock certificate may convert the same into a nominal
certificate by inserting therein, in manner prescribed by any regulation made
in pursuance of this part of this Act, the name, address, and quality of some
person.

A stock certificate when it becomes nominal shall not be transferable, and the
person named therein (in this part of this Act called the nominee), ... shall
alone be recognized by the Bank of England or of Ireland as entitled to the
stock described in the certificate.

On the death of the nominee, his personal representative, ... shall alone be
recognized by the Bank of England or of Ireland as entitled to the stock
described in the certificate, and shall be deemed the nominee in that
certificate.


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