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Bank of England Act 1696

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for making good the Deficiencies of several Funds therein mentioned and for enlargeing the Capital Stock of the Bank of England and for raising the Publick Creditt.
Citation	8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 20
Dates
Royal assent	1 April 1697
Other legislation
Amended by	Forgery Act 1830 Statute Law Revision Act 1867 Statute Law Revision Act 1871 Statute Law Revision Act 1888
Repealed by	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Bank of England Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 20) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It was one of the Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892.

Provisoes or conditions contained in this Act, and in the Bank of England Act 1694 (5 W & M c 20), for determining a fund of £100,000 per annum, and the corporation of the governor and company of the Bank of England, upon the respective notices and payments in both Acts mentioned, were repealed and made void by section 8 of the Bank of England Act 1708 (7 Ann c 30) (which is section 5 of chapter 7 in Ruffhead's Edition).

Sections 1 to 25, 29, 38 to 44, 50, 51, 53 to 61, 63 to 68, 70 and 71 were repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867.

The whole Act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and Part IV of Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973.

Section 36

So much of this Act as related to forging or counterfeiting the common seal of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or any sealed bank bill, or any bank note, or altering or raising any indorsement on any bank bill or note was repealed as to England on 21 July 1830 by section 31 of the Forgery Act 1830. The marginal note to that section says that the effect of this was to repeal section 36.

Section 62

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

Section 69

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.

References

• Halsbury's Statutes,
• Chronological Table and Index of the Statutes. Fourth Edition. Queen's Printers. London. 1878. Page 69.

1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Short Titles Act 1896. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 1 to the Short Titles Act 1896, which is headed "Title".
3. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
4. It is also section 5 in: Danby Pickering. The Statutes at Large. Cambridge. 1764. Volume 11. Page 451.
5. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 11 Geo. IV. & 1 Will. IV. 1830. King's Printer. London. 1830. Page 415.

Further reading

• Text of the original Act

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