General Steam Navigation Company Act 1840 4 Vic (NSW)

4' VIC. 85

General Steam Navigation Company.

1840.

An Act to simplify Proceedings at Law or in gre: Stes Equity by or against "The General Steam = "s~ Navigation Company" and for other purposes therein mentioned. [12th August, 1840.]

\ IEREAS a joint stock company carrying on business under thie Preamble. style and firm of "The General Steam Navigation Company"

is established in this Colony and it is expedient to simplify pro-

ceedings at law or in equity by or against the said company Be it aS bein

therefore enacted by lis Excellency the Governor of New South the name of the

Wales with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof That from Seretry.

und after the passing of this Act every action suit or proceeding at

law or in equity to be commenced or prosecuted by or on behalf of

the said company against any person or persons (whether a member

or members of such company or otherwise) or against any body or

bodies politic or corporate for recovering any debt due to or enforcing

any claim or demand of the said company or relating to any matter

connected with the concerns of the said company shall be commenced

and prosecuted in the name of the Secretary for the time being of the

said company as the nominal plaintiff complainant or petitioner on

behalf of the said company and that all actions suits and procecdings

as aforesaid to be commenced and prosecuted against the said com-

pany shall be commenced instituted or prosecuted against the Seerc-

tary for the time being of the said company as the nominal defendant

for and on behalf of the said company and in all criminal prosecu-

tions to be instituted or carried on by or on behalf of the said com-

pany for fraud upon or against the said company or for embezzlement

robbery stealing or counterfeiting the bills notes bonds moneys

effects or property of the said company or for any felony misde-