Government Annuities Act, 1853

Commissioners to make Rules, Regulations, &c.

Commissioners, &c. may decline to contract for Annuities, &c.

XIII. The said Commissioners, or the Comptroller General or Assistant Comptroller acting under the said Commissioners, may require such Proofs of Age and of Identity, and such Certificates, and make such Rules and Regulations in respect to the Grant of all Annuities, and for securing Payments on Death, under the Authority of this Act, and to the Payment thereof, and also to the Payment of all Annuities granted under the Acts hereby repealed, as may appear to them to be necessary and proper for carrying out the Purposes of this Act; and may decline or refuse to contract for any Annuity or for any Payment on Death, under the Provisions of this Act, in any Case where there shall be in the Opinion of the said Commissioners, or of the said Comptroller General or Assistant Comptroller, sufficient Grounds for refusing or declining so to do.