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# Finance (No. 2) Act 1915

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Finance (No. 2) Act 1915
1915 c.89
An Act to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise) and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connexion with Finance.
[23rd December 1915]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-26}



## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-89}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-10}



## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-12}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1516}



## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1718}



## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-19}



## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-20}



## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-21}



## 22–37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2237}



## 38–44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3844}



## 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-45}



## 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-46}



## 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-47}



## 48 Procedure on death of person entitled to Government stock. {#section-48}

Where the holder of any Government stock dies, the production of probate, confirmation, or letters of administration granted by any court in the United Kingdom having authority to grant the same shall be sufficient authority to the Registrar of Government Stock, to the National Debt Commissioners, to the Director of Savings, to the Operator of any relevant system and to any savings bank authority to transfer the stock to the person to whom the probate, confirmation, or letters of administration were granted, or as directed by that person ; and in this section “Operator” and “relevant system” have the same meanings as they have in the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.
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## 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-49}



## 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-50}



## 51 †Construction, repeal and short title. {#section-51}

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(3) This Act may be cited as the Finance (No. 2) Act 1915.

## SCHEDULE 1 {#schedule-1}

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## SCHEDULES 2, 3 {#schedule-2}

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## SCHEDULE 4 {#schedule-4}

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## SCHEDULE 5 {#schedule-5}

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