National Debt Act, 1870

Part VII.

Unclaimed Dividends.

Transfer of unclaimed stock to National Debt Commissioners.

51. All stock, no dividend whereon is claimed for ten years before the last day on which a dividend thereon becomes payable (except where payment of dividend has been restrained by a Court of Equity) shall be transferred in the books of the Bank of England or of Ireland (as the case may be) to the National Debt Commissioners.