HC Deb 13 December 1922 vol 159 c2897

In the case of a Railway Bill or Tramway Bill, authorising the construction of works by other than an existing Railway Company or Tramway Company, incorporated by Act of Parliament, possessed of a railway or tramway already opened for public traffic, and which has during the year last past paid Dividends on its ordinary Share Capital, and which does not propose to raise under the Bill a Capital greater than its existing authorised Capital, a sum not less than Five per cent. on the amount of the Estimate of Expense, or in the case of substituted works, on the amount by which the expense thereof will exceed the expense of the works to be abandoned, and in the case of all Bills other than Railway Bills and Tramway Bills, a sum not less than Four per cent, on the amount of such Estimate, or of such excess as aforesaid, shall, previously to the 15th day of January, be deposited with the Paymaster-General for and on behalf of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, if the work is intended to be done in England, or with the Paymaster-General for and on behalf of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, or with the Accountant-General of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland, if the work is intended to be done in Ireland.

Amendment made: Leave out the words or with the Accountant-General of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland, if the work is intended to be done in Ireland.