Court of Bankruptcy (England) Act 1833
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1833 c. 47 |
| Year | 1833 |
(3 & 4 Will. 4) C A P. XLVII.
[28th August 1833]
'WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws for the Relief of the Insolvent Debtors in England, it is amongst other Things enacted, that the Court established for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England shall be continued, and that the several Persons appointed by His Majesty to be Chief and other Commissioners of the said Court shall continue to be the Chief and other Commissioners of the said Court, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Authorities in the said Act specified: And whereas by an Act passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to establish a Court in Bankruptcy , it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by a Commission under the Great Seal, to appoint One Person to be the Chief Judge and Three other Persons to be other Judges of the said last-mentioned Court: And whereas such Chief and other Judges have been duly appointed under and by virtue of the said Act: And whereas it has been found, that consistently with the Vacation necessarily allowed to the Commissioners of the first-mentioned Court, and with the Time occupied by them while they are on their several Circuits, Intervals occur in their Sittings during which Prisoners who would otherwise be entitled to their Discharge cannot obtain the same: And whereas there are not a sufficient Number of such Commissioners to enable them to extend their Circuits to the Principality ofWales; of all which Grievances repeated Complaints have been made: And whereas the Business of the said Court of Bankruptcy will allow Time for the Judges of the said Court, other than the Chief, some one or more of them, to discharge Part of the Duties vested in the Commissioners of the said first-mentioned Court:' Beit enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, from Time to Time, by Commission under the Great Seal ofGreat...
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