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FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - LONG TITLE An Act for preserving Purchasers of Stock from Losses by Forged Transfers. [5th August 1891] Power to make compensation for losses from forged transfer. FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 1 1.(1) Where a company or local authority issue or have issued shares, stock, or securities transferable by an instrument in writing or by an entry in any books or register kept by or on behalf of the company or local authority, they shall have power to make compensation by a cash payment out of their funds for any loss arising from a transfer of any such shares, stock, or securities, in pursuance of a forged transfer or of a transfer under a forged power of attorney, [whether such loss arises, and whether the transfer or power of attorney was forged before or after the passing of this Act, and whether the person receiving such compensation, or any person through whom he claims, has or has not paid any fee or otherwise contributed to any fund out of which the compensation is paid]. (2) Any company or local authority may, if they think fit, provide, either by fees not exceeding the rate of [5p] on every one hundred pounds transferred [with a minimum charge equal to that for twenty-five pounds] to be paid by the transferee upon the entry of the transfer in the books of the company or local authority, or by insurance, reservation of capital, accumulation of income, or in any other manner which they may resolve upon, a fund to meet claims for such compensation. (3) For the purpose of providing such compensation any company may borrow on the security of their property, and any local authority may borrow with the like consent and on the like security and subject to the like conditions as to repayment by means of instalments or the provision of a sinking fund and otherwise as in the case of the securities in respect of which compensation is to be provided,.... (4) Any such company or local authority may impose such reasonable restrictions on the transfer of their shares, stock, or securities, or with respect to powers of attorney for the transfer thereof, as they may consider requisite for guarding against losses arising from forgery. (5) Where a company or local authority compensate a person under this Act for any loss arising from forgery, the company or local authority shall, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies, have the same rights and remedies against the person liable for the loss as the person compensated would have had. FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 2 Definitions. 2. For the purposes of this Act The expression "company" shall mean any company incorporated by or in pursuance of any Act of Parliament, or by royal charter. The expression "local authority" shall mean [a district council established under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972,].... FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 3 Application to industrial societies, &c. 3. This Act shall apply to any industrial, provident, friendly benefit, building, or loan society incorporated by or in pursuance of any Act of Parliament as if the society were a company. FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 4 Application to harbour and conservancy authorities. 4.(1) This Act shall apply to any harbour authority or conservancy authority as if the authority were a company. (2) For the purposes of this Act the expression "harbour authority" includes all persons, being proprietors of, or entrusted with the duty or invested with the power of constructing, improving, managing, regulating, maintaining, or lighting any harbour otherwise than for profit, and not being a joint stock company. (3) For the purposes of this Act the expression "conservancy authority" includes all persons entrusted with the duty or invested with the power of conserving, maintaining, or improving the navigation of any tidal water otherwise than for profit, and not being a joint stock company. FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 5 Application to colonial stock. 5. In the case of any colonial stock to which the Colonial Stock Act, 1877, applies, the Government of the colony of which the stock forms the whole or part of the public debt may, if they think fit, by declaration under seal or under the signature of a person authorised by them in that behalf, and in either case deposited with the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, adopt this Act, and thereupon this Act shall apply to the colonial stock as if the registrar of the Government were a company and the stock were issued by him. FORGED TRANSFERS ACT 1891 - SECT 6 Short title. 6. This Act may be cited as the Forged Transfers Act, 1891.