Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Whenever, by the final judgment decree rule or order of any court of competent jurisdiction in the United Kingdom, any sum of money is adjudged to be payable by the Commonwealth in respect of any stock or securities, the Finance Minister shall forthwith pay the sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly.
(2) In this section final judgment decree rule or order means, in case of appeal, the final judgment decree rule or order of the ultimate court hearing the appeal.
(3) Without in any way limiting the foregoing provisions of this section, it is hereby declared that, in the case of any Stock or securities being colonial Stock to which the Imperial Acts known as the Colonial Stock Acts 1877 to 1900 apply, the Finance Minister shall forthwith pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, whatever sums of money are from time to time required to enable the Registrar to comply forthwith with any judgment decree rule or order with which under the Imperial Acts the Registrar is required to comply.