Paymaster General Act 1782

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Paymaster General Act 1782
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces.
Citation22 Geo. 3. c. 81
Dates
Royal assent11 July 1782
Other legislation
Repealed byPaymaster-General Act 1783
Status: Repealed

The Paymaster General Act 1782 (22 Geo. 3. c. 81) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

The Act abolished the practice of the heads of subordinate treasuries keeping large sums of public money for long periods, during which they employed them for their own profit.[1] It related to the Paymaster of the Forces. It was repealed by the Paymaster-General Act 1783.

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  1. ^ Thomson, Mark A. (1938). A Constitutional History of England. 1642 to 1801. London: Methuen. pp. 442–443.