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Payments into Receipt of the Exchequer Act 1819
(59 Geo 3 c.39, 14th June 1819)

An Act for the more frequent Payment, into the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, of Monies arising from the Duties of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Postage in England.
[14th June 1819]

'WHEREAS all and every the Monies arising by the several Revenues of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Postage, in England, are by Law required to be paid from time to time weekly into the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster, by means of Orders made by the Receivers General of the said Duties respectively, upon the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, pursuant to the Directions contained in Four several Acts of Parliament made in the Forty sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Duties of Excise in England; An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Stamps in England; An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Post Office in England; and An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Duties of Customs in Great Britain: And Whereas it is expedient that such Payments into the Receipt of the Exchequer should be more frequently made:' Be it therefore enacted by The King'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 from and after the passing of this Act the several and respective Receivers General of the Revenues of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Postage in England respectively, and the other proper Officers in that behalf respectively, shall in Manner and Form as directed by the said several recited Acts of the Forty sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, and they are hereby respectively required and strictly enjoined to pay or cause to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer at Westminster on such Days in every Week respectively, as the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the said United Kingdom, or any Three or more of the said Commissioners of the Treasury, shall, from time to time, direct, order or appoint, all and every the Monies arising in Great Britain by the several Rates and Duties of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Postage received by or through the said Receivers General of the said Revenues respectively, and afterwards paid by the said Receivers General respectively into the Bank of England, as directed by the said several recited Acts respectively: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be deemed or construed to extend to repeal or alter the said recited Acts of the Forty sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, or any of them, except so far as is expressly provided by this Act.

II. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this session of Parliament.