think fit, mitigate any penalty or forfeiture, or they may confirm or quash the adjudication, and order any money paid by the appellant, or levied by distress upon his goods, to be returned to him, and may also order such further satisfaction to be made to the party injured as they may judge reasonable; and they may make such order concerning the costs, both of the adjudication and of the appeal, as they may think reasonable. police district incurred within his CXLVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That Receiver of notwithstanding any thing herein or in the special Act, metropolitan or any Act incorporated therewith, contained, every to receive penalty or forfeiture imposed by this or the special Act, penalties or any Act incorporated therewith, or by any bye-law in pursuance thereof, in respect of any offence which shall district. take place within the metropolitan police district, shall be recovered, enforced, accounted for, and, except where the application thereof is otherwise specially provided for, shall be paid to the receiver of the metropolitan police district, and shall be applied in the same manner as penalties or forfeitures, other than fines upon drunken persons, or upon constables for misconduct, or for assaults upon police constables, are directed to be recovered, enforced, accounted for, paid, and applied by an Act passed in the third year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for regulating the Police Courts in the 2 & 3 Vict. Metropolis," and every order or conviction of any of the c. 71. police magistrates in respect of any such forfeiture or penalty shall be subject to the like appeal and upon the same terms as is provided in respect of any order or conviction of any of the said police magistrates by the said last-mentioned Act; and every magistrate by whom any order or conviction shall have been made shall have the same power of binding over the witnesses who shall have been examined, and such witnesses shall be entitled to the same allowance of expenses as he or they would have had or been entitled to, in case the order, conviction, and appeal had been made in pursuance of the provisions of the said last-mentioned Act. evidence CXLIX. And be it enacted, That any person who upon Persons any examination upon oath under the provisions of this giving false or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith, liable to shall wilfully and corruptly give false evidence, shall be penalties of liable to the penalties of wilful and corrupt perjury. perjury. Access to Special Act. Copies of special Act to be kept and deposited, and allowed to be inspected. And with respect to the provision to be made for affording access to the special Act by all parties interested, be it enacted as follows: CL. The company shall at all times after the expiration of six months after the passing of the special Act keep in their principal office of business a copy of the special Act, printed by the printers to her Majesty, or some of them; and where the undertaking shall be a railway, canal, or other like undertaking, the works of which shall not be confined to one town or place, shall also within the space of such six months deposit in the office of each of the clerks of the peace of the several counties into which the works shall extend, a copy of such special Act, so printed as aforesaid; and the said clerks of the peace shall receive, and they and the company respectively shall retain, the said copies of the special Act, and shall permit all persons interested to inspect the same, and make extracts or copies therefrom, in the like manner, and upon the like terms, and under the like penalty for default, as is provided in the case of certain plans and sections by an Act passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An 1 Vict. c. 83. "Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties, "and other Persons, to take the Custody of such "Documents as shall be directed to be deposited with "them under the Standing Orders of either House "of Parliament." 7 W. 4. & Penalty on company failing to keep or deposit. Act not to extend to Scotland. Act may be CLI. If the company shall fail to keep or deposit, as hereinbefore mentioned, any of the said copies of the special Act, they shall forfeit twenty pounds for every such offence, and also five pounds for every day afterwards during which such copy shall be not so kept or deposited. CLII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Scotland. CLIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended this amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session. session of Parliament. paid to me [or, as the case may be, into the Bank of England [or Bank of Ireland], in the name and with the privity of the accountant-general of the Court of Chancery, ex parte "The Promoters of the Undertaking" [naming them], or to A. B. of and C. D. of two trustees appointed to receive the same], pursuant to the [here name the special Act], by the [here name the company or other promoters of the undertaking], incorporated [or constituted] by the said Act, do hereby convey to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, all [describing the premises to be conveyed], together with all ways, rights, and appurtenances thereto belonging, and all such estate, right, title, and interest in and to the same as I am or shall become seised or possessed of, or am by the said Act empowered to convey, to hold the premises to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, for ever, according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of I in the year of our Lord SCHEDULE (B.) Form of Conveyance on Chief Rent. of in consideration of the rent-charge to be paid to me, my heirs and assigns, as hereinafter mentioned, by "The Promo"ters of the Undertaking" [naming them], incorporated [or constituted] by virtue of the [here name the special Act], do hereby convey to the said company or other description], their successors and assigns, all [describing the premises to be conveyed], together with all ways, rights, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all my estate, right, title, and interest in and to the same and every part thereof, to hold the said premises to the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, for ever, according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act, they the said company [or other description], their successors and assigns, yielding and paying unto me, my heirs and assigns, one clear yearly rent of by equal quarterly [or half-yearly, as agreed upon,] portions, henceforth, on the [stating the days], clear of all taxes and deductions. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord To wit. SCHEDULE (C.) Form of Conviction. Be it remembered, That on the in the year of our Lord day of A.B. is convicted before us C., D., two of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of [here describe the offence generally, and the time and place when and where committed], contrary to the [here name the special Act]. Given under our hands and seals, the day and year first above written. Same for Scotland, 8 Vict., cap. 99. C. D. 293 JOINT STOCK COMPANIES REGISTRATION ACT. 7 & 8 VICT. CAP. CX. An Act for the Registration, Incorporation, and Regulation of Joint Stock Companies. [5th September, 1844.] WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the due registration of joint stock companies during the formation and subsistence thereof; and also, after such complete registration as is hereinafter mentioned, to invest such companies with the qualities and incidents of corporations, with some modifications, and subject to certain conditions and regulations; and also to prevent the establishment of any companies which shall not be duly constituted and regulated according to the provisions of this Act: Now be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That this Act shall come into operation at the General following times; that is to say, as to the officers to be Provisions. appointed in pursuance hereof for the registration of Operation of companies, and the regulation of the office hereby pro- Act as to vided for that purpose, immediately on the passing hereof; and as to all companies to which this Act is to apply, and all other the provisions hereinafter contained, except such as relate to such officers and office as afore time. |