East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom United Kingdom legislation

The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 was a British law that finalized the financial and legal arrangements for winding up the British East India Company, effectively ending its remaining corporate existence.

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East India Company Act 1873	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
appliesTo	British government obligations arising from East India Company stock ⓘ East India Company shareholders ⓘ East India Company stock ⓘ
concerns	HM Treasury ⓘ surface form: British Treasury British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company proprietors Indian revenues under British rule ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
field	colonial administration ⓘ company law ⓘ public finance ⓘ
follows	earlier East India Company Acts ⓘ
genre	statute ⓘ
hasConsequence	completed the legal process of dissolving the British East India Company ⓘ consolidated financial control of Indian revenues under the British Crown ⓘ
hasPart	provisions on extinguishing stockholder rights ⓘ provisions on final settlement with East India Company proprietors ⓘ provisions on payment of dividends ⓘ provisions on redemption of East India stock ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalEffect	ended the remaining corporate existence of the British East India Company ⓘ provided for redemption of East India Company stock dividends ⓘ settled outstanding financial obligations related to East India Company stock ⓘ
legalStatus	spent Act ⓘ
mainSubject	final settlement of East India Company proprietors’ claims ⓘ redemption of East India Company stock dividends ⓘ
partOf	the legal framework for the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
purpose	to finalize the financial arrangements for winding up the British East India Company ⓘ to redeem and extinguish remaining East India Company stock dividends ⓘ to terminate the remaining corporate existence of the British East India Company ⓘ
regulates	financial relations between the British government and former East India Company proprietors ⓘ
relatedTo	British East India Company ⓘ East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: East India Company Act 1873 Government of India ⓘ
shortDescription	British law concerning the final financial and legal arrangements for the East India Company ⓘ
subjectOf	winding up of the British East India Company ⓘ

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British East India Company → dissolvedBy → East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 ⓘ

Court of Proprietors → dissolvedFollowing → East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 ⓘ

East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 → relatedTo → East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: East India Company Act 1873