| Short Title: | Paymaster General Act 1782 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of Great Britain |
| Long Title: | An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces. |
| Year: | 1782 |
| Citation: | 22 Geo. 3. c. 81 |
| Royal Assent: | 11 July 1782 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Paymaster-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| Status: | repealed |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 It was repealed by the Paymaster-General Act 1783.