Bankruptcy Act 1825

Bankruptcy Act 1825
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts.
Citation6 Geo. 4. c. 16
Territorial extent Did not extend either to Scotland or Ireland, except where the same were expressly mentioned.[1]
Dates
Royal assent2 May 1825
Commencement1 September 1825, except that the repeal of 5 Geo. 4. c. 98 (1824), and of all enactments therein contained relating to certificates of conformity, took effect on 2 May 1825.[2]
Other legislation
Repeals/revokesBankrupts Act 1571, Bankrupts Act 1603, Bankrupts Act 1623, Bankrupts Act 1662
Repealed byBankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849
Status: Repealed

The act 6 Geo. 4. c. 16, sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1825,[3] the Bankrupt Act,[4] the Bankrupts Act 1825[5] or the Bankrupts England Act 1825,[6] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule A to, the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106).[7] It was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(1) and 3 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

The act allowed people to start proceedings for their own bankruptcy. Before this, only creditors could start the proceedings.

  1. ^ 6 Geo. 4. c. 16, s 135
  2. ^ 6 Geo. 4. c. 16, s 136
  3. ^ Thwaites, "Bankruptcy for the Intermediate" (1886) 8 Law Students' Journal 90 (1 April 1886)
  4. ^ Sturgeon. The Bankrupt Act, 6 Geo. IV., Cap. 16. 1830. passim.
  5. ^ (1966) All England Law Reports Reprint. 1814-1823. p 762.
  6. ^ This name is punctuated with commas and brackets in various ways by different sources: Baloch, Tariq. Unjust Enrichment and Contract. Bloomsbury Academic. 2009. Page 39. Google Books. John Michael Bennett. Sir Alfred Stephen: Third Chief Justice of New South Wales 1844-1873. Federation Press. 2009. Page 112. (1964) 13 Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament 10. Creditor Treatment in Corporate Insolvency Law. Edward Elgar. 2020. Kayode Akintola. Note 99.
  7. ^ A Collection of the Public General Statutes