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GREAT SEAL ACT 1884

GREAT SEAL ACT 1884 - LONG TITLE

An Act to simplify the passing of Instruments under the Great Seal
of the United Kingdom.
[28th July 1884]
Short title.

GREAT SEAL ACT 1884 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as the Great Seal Act, 1884.

GREAT SEAL ACT 1884 - SECT 2
Authority for passing instrument under Great Seal.

2.(1) A warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, countersigned
by the Lord Chancellor, or by one of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State, or by the Lord High Treasurer, or two of the
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, shall be a necessary and
sufficient authority for passing any instrument under the Great Seal
of the United Kingdom, according to the tenor of such warrant;
Provided that any instrument which may now be passed under the
Great Seal by the fiat or under the authority or directions of the
Lord Chancellor or otherwise without passing through any other office
may continue to be passed as heretofore.

(2) The Lord Chancellor may from time to time make, and when made
revoke and vary, regulations respecting the passing of instruments
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, and respecting the
warrants for that purpose, and the preparation of such instruments
and warrants, and every such warrant shall be prepared by the Clerk
of the Crown in Chancery.

(3) No person shall make or prepare any warrant for passing any
instrument under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or procure
any instrument to be passed under that Seal otherwise than in
manner provided by this Act or the Crown Office Act, 1877; and any
person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor.

S.3 rep. by SLR 1898

GREAT SEAL ACT 1884 - SECT 4
Definitions.

4. In this Act

The expression "Lord Chancellor" means the Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain, and, if there is a Lord Keeper or Lords
Commissioners of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, this Act
shall apply as if such Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners were
substituted for the Lord Chancellor, and a warrant may be
countersigned by any two of such Lords Commissioners.

The expression "instrument" in this Act includes any letters patent,
letters close, writ, commission and grant, and any document requiring
to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom.

S.5 and Schedule rep. by SLR 1898