Bankruptcy Act 1861

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Bankruptcy Act 1861 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to amend the Law relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency in England.
Citation 24 & 25 Vict. c. 134
Territorial extent Did not extend to Scotland or Ireland, unless where otherwise expressly provided. [2]
Dates
Royal assent 6 August 1861
Commencement 6 August 1861 as to the appointment of the officers thereby authorised to be appointed. 11 October 1861 as to all other matters and things. [3]
Repealed1 January 1870 [4]
Other legislation
Repealed by The Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 83), s 20 & Sch, with saving in s 20
Status: Repealed

The Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

Section 69 abolished the distinction between traders and non traders, so both could apply for bankruptcy.

Section 199 provided that any petition presented after another deed (for example a deed of arrangement with creditors) could be stayed.

Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1862

Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to amend the Bankruptcy Act (1861).
Citation 25 & 26 Vict. c. 99
Dates
Royal assent 7 August 1862
Other legislation
Repealed by County Courts Act 1888
Status: Repealed

The act 25 & 26 Vict. c. 99, [5] sometimes called the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1862, [6] the Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Act [7] or the Bankruptcy Act 1862, [8] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Bill for this Act was called the Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill. [9] Section 4 of this Act is said to have been one of the County Courts Acts 1846 to 1887. [10] This Act, except section 4, was repealed by section 20 of, and the Schedule to, the Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 83) with savings in section 20. Section 4 was repealed by section 188 of, and the Schedule to, the County Courts Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 43), subject to a proviso in section 188. [11]

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Notes and references

  1. This short title was conferred on this Act by section 232 of this Act.
  2. The Bankruptcy Act 1861, section 231
  3. The Bankruptcy Act 1861, section 232
  4. Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869, section 2; Bankruptcy Act 1869, section 3
  5. A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1862. p 1021. Rickards, George Kettilby. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 25 & 26 Victoria, 1862. p 565. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 25, Part 2. p 868.
  6. George Pitt-Lewis and Charles Arnold White. The Yearly County Court Practice 1912. Butterworth & Co. Shaw & Sons. London. 1912. Page xvii. See also pages 6 and 186 and other editions. Google Books.
  7. Paterson, William (ed). The Practical Statutes of the Session 1862. John Crockford. Wellington Street, Strand, London. 1862. Pages viii, 353 and 355
  8. Current Law Statutes Annotated 1992. Sweet & Maxwell. 1992. Volume 4. Page 14.
  9. "Bankruptcy Act (1861) Amendment Bill". (Bill 223). Index to Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, in the Fourth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom, 25 & 26 Victoria, 1862.  See Bill 223 (22 July 1862). Bills, Public. Session 6 February - 7 August 1862. Volume 1.
  10. The Law Reports. The Public General Statutes. Volume 25. 1888. p 589.
  11. The Public General Statutes, pp 385 & 386.

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