Crown Lands Act 1853

Pensions to be come due and payable on 5th April and 10th October in each Year.

IV. From and after the Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty three, the several Pensions or yearly Sums charged upon or payable in respect of any Part of the Hereditary Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in England, Wales, or the Isle of Man shall from Time to Time respectively become due hall-yearly, that is to say, on the Fifth Day of April and the Tenth Day of October in every Year only: and the Person who on any Fifth Day of April or Tenth Day of October shall be in possession of the Preferment, Appointment, or Office in respect of which any such Pension is payable shall be entitled to receive the whole net Amount of One Half Year’s Pension, after making all lawful Deduction, notwithstanding he may not have been in the Enjoyment of such Preferment, Appointment, or Office during the whole of such Half Year, and his Predecessor, or the Representatives of his Predecessor, shall not be entitled to any apportioned Part of the same Half Year’s Pension; and no Person to whom any half-yearly Payment of any such Pension as aforesaid shall fall due, or would, if this Act had not passed, have fallen due on any Day after the said Tenth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and before the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, shall be entitled to receive on the said Fifth Day of April or at any other Time more than One Half Year’s Amount of such Pension.