Court of Chancery (Funds) Act 1872

Court of Chancery (Funds) Act 1872
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to abolish the office of Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery in England, and to amend the law respecting the investment of money paid into that Court, and the security and management of the moneys and effects of the suitors thereof.
Citation35 & 36 Vict. c. 44
Introduced byWilliam Edward Baxter MP (Commons)
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent6 August 1872
Commencement6 August 1872
Repealed1 January 1926
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Repealed bySupreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925
Status: Repealed
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Court of Chancery (Funds) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 44) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished the office of Accountant General of the High Court of Chancery in England, transferring the functions to the Paymaster General, and established a deposit account for suitors in the Court of Chancery, returning 2% per annum.