Bankrupts Act 1742

Bankrupts Act 1742

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to continue an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to prevent the committing of Frauds by Bankrupts."
Citation	16 Geo. 2. c. 27
Territorial extent	Great Britain
Dates
Royal assent	21 April 1743
Commencement	21 April 1743 [a]
Repealed	15 July 1867
Other legislation
Amends	Bankrupts Act 1731
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Relates to	Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1750 Continuance of Laws, etc., (No. 2) Act 1757 Bankrupts, etc. Act 1763 Bankrupts Act 1772 Continuance of Laws Act 1776 Continuance of Laws Act 1781 Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1786
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Bankrupts Act 1742 (16 Geo. 2. c. 27) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that continued various older acts.

Background

In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire. ^[1]

Provisions

Continued enactments

Section 1 of the act continued the Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30), as revived and continued by the Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 18), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1750. ^[2]

Subsequent developments

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 September 1757 by section 8 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 57).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1764 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws, etc., (No. 2) Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 35).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1771 by section 1 of the Bankrupts, etc. Act 1763 (31 Geo. 2. c. 35).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1775 by section 1 of the Bankrupts Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 47).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1780 by section 1 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 54).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1785 by section 1 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1781 (21 Geo. 3. c. 29).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1788 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 80).

The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1793 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 24).

The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws. ^[3]

The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59).

Notes

1. Start of session.

References

1. Imprisonment in Medieval England. CUP Archive. p. 345.
2. Britain, Great (1765). The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 ... Vol. 18. Joseph Bentham. pp. 136–137.
3. Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1803). Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have Been Printed by Order of the House: And are Not Inserted in the Journals [1715-1801. Vol. 14. pp. 34–118.