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bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debto ...
. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Bankruptcy Bill during its passage through
Parliament
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Bankruptcy Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to bankruptcy.
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Australia
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1924
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1930
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1966
Hong Kong
*The
Bankruptcy Ordinance 1932
*The
Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance 2005
Malaysia
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1967
Nigeria
* The
Bankruptcy Act 1979
* The
Bankruptcy Act 2004
Republic of Ireland
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No 27)
United Kingdom
*The
Statute of Bankrupts
The Statute of Bankrupts or An Acte againste suche persones as doo make Bankrupte, 34 & 35 Henry VIII, c. 4, was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1542. It was the first statute under English law dealing with bankruptcy or insolvenc ...
(1542) (34 & 35 Hen 8 c 4)
*The Act 21 Jac 1 c 19 is sometimes called the
Bankruptcy Act 1623
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1705
The Bankruptcy Act 1705 ( 4 & 5 Ann. c. 4) was an Act of Parliament of England.
Content
Under the Act, the Lord Chancellor was given power to discharge bankrupts, once disclosure of all assets and various procedures had been fulfilled.
Dischar ...
*The Act 6 Geo 4 c 16 is sometimes called the
Bankruptcy Act 1825
* The Act 5 & 6 Vict c 122 is sometimes called the
Bankruptcy Act 1842 or the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1842.
*The
Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict c 106)
*The Act 15 & 16 Vict c 77 is sometimes called the
Bankruptcy Act 1852 or the Secretary of Bankrupts Office Abolition Act
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c 119)
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 134)
*The Act 25 & 26 Vict c 99 is sometimes called the
Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1862
The Bankruptcy Act 1861 ( 24 & 25 Vict. c. 134) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Section 69 abolished the distinction between traders and non traders, so both could apply for bankruptcy.
Section 199 provided that any petitio ...
*The
Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict c 104) popularly called Moffatt's Act
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1869
The Bankruptcy Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict c 71) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Section 32 established the first statutory regime for preferential debts in bankruptcy, between local rates, taxes, wages and salaries of clerks, ...
(32 & 33 Vict c 71)
*The
Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
(32 & 33 Vict c 83)
*The
Bankruptcy Disqualification Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict c 50)
*The
Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo 5 c 34)
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo 5 c 59)
*The
Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 1926 (16 & 17 Geo 5 c 7)
The Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890 was the
collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.
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of the following Acts:
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1883
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...
(46 & 47 Vict c 52)
*The
Bankruptcy Appeals (County Courts) Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict c 9)
*The
Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c 47)
*The
Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict c 12)
*The
Bankruptcy (Discharge and Closure) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict c 66)
*The
Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Act 1888
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(51 & 52 Vict c 62)
*The
Bankruptcy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict c 71)
Scotland
* The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Amendment Act 1860
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debto ...
(23 & 24 Vict c 33)
*The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo 5 c 20)
*The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 66)
*The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c 6)
*The
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debt ...
(asp 3)
The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881 was the
collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.
Construction of references to citation with a group ...
of the following Acts:
*The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 79)
*The
Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 19)
*The
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 26)
*The
Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict c 34)
*The
Bankruptcy and Cessio (Scotland) Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict c 22)
Ireland
*The
Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict c 60)
*The
Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict c 58)
United States
* The
Bankruptcy Act of 1841 – ch. 9, , 1841-04-19
* The
Bankruptcy Act of 1867 - , 1867-03-02
* The
Bankruptcy Act of 1898
The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 ("Nelson Act", July 1, 1898, ch. 541, ) was the first United States Act of Congress involving bankruptcy to give companies an option of being protected from creditors. Previous attempts at federal bankruptcy laws had ...
– Nelson Act, July 1, 1898, ch. 541,
* The
Bankruptcy Act of 1938
The Bankruptcy Act of 1938, also known as the Chandler Act, expanded voluntary access to the bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all o ...
* The
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 –
* The
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 -
Vancouver Island
* The
Bankruptcy Act 1862The Laws of British Columbia
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See also
* List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
* Act of Uniformity
* Adminis ...
* Bankruptcy in the Republic of Ireland
Bankruptcy in Irish Law is a legal process, supervised by the High Court whereby the assets of a personal debtor are realised and distributed amongst his or her creditors in cases where the debtor is unable or unwilling to pay his debts.
Bank ...
* Bankruptcy in the United Kingdom
Bankruptcy in the United Kingdom is divided into separate local regimes for England and Wales, for Northern Ireland, and for Scotland. There is also a UK insolvency law which applies across the United Kingdom, since bankruptcy refers only to inso ...
* Bankruptcy in the United States
In the United States, bankruptcy is largely governed by federal law, commonly referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code" ("Code"). The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the subje ...
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