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title: "Crown Office Act 1890"
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# Crown Office Act 1890

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Crown Office Act 1890
1890 c.2
An Act to abolish the Office of Secretary of Presentations, and to provide for the performance of the duties attached to that Office.
[29th March 1890]

## 1 Abolition of office of Secretary of Presentations and transfer of duties. {#section-1}

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Any act required by any statute to be done by the Secretary of Presentations shall be done by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and, subject as aforesaid, any duties hitherto performed by the Secretary of Presentations shall be performed by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, or by such of the Lord Chancellor’s officers as he may direct.
(3) The Lord Chancellor may make regulations respecting the passing and preparation of instruments prepared or issued by the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery under the duties or powers transferred by this Act.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 2 Short title. {#section-2}

This Act may be cited as the Crown Office Act 1890.

## SCHEDULE {#schedule}

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