Insolvent Debtors Relief (England) Act 1812
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1812 c. 6 |
| Year | 1812 |
(53 Geo. 3) C A P. VI.
[22d December 1812]
'WHEREAS by an Act made and passed in the Fifty second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled England, it is enacted, amongst other things, that it should and might be lawful for the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer respectively, to nominate and appoint a Barrister, and each of them was thereby required so to do, for the Purpose of taking into Consideration Applications in cases of Imprisonment, where the Debt should amount to a Sum exceeding Two thousand Pounds, and of granting Relies in the same, according to the Provisions of that Act, under the Authority of Rules to be made in the said Superior Courts, or by a Judge's Order at Chambers, where it should appear to them to be just and sitting: And whereas since the passing of the said Act, and in pursuance thereof, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench has nominated and appointedNewman Knowlys Esquire, Barrister at Law, for the Purpose above mentioned, and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas has nominated and appointed Vitruvius Lawes Esquire, Barrister at Law, for the like Purpose, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer has nominated and appointed Thomas Bridges Hughes Esquire, Barrister at Law, for the like Purpose; but certain Doubts have arisen how far the Powers vested in the said Barristers by the said Act are at present sufficient for effectuating the Objects of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient, as well for the removing of such Doubts as otherwise, that full and sufficient Powers for the effectuating the Objects of the said Act should be further specially conferred on the said Barristers, and that the Confirmation or Allowance of the Relief to be granted under the Authority of Rules to be made in the said Superior Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, or by a Judge's Order at Chambers, as now required by the said Act, should be declared to be no longer required, and that the Adjudication and Order of the said Barristers relative to the same, should be declared to be final and conclusive, in the manner hereinafter mentioned and provided;' Be it therefore 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 Authorityof the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Barristers so nominated and appointed as aforesaid to take into Consideration such Applications as may be or shall already have been made to them by Insolvent Debtors seeking to be discharged by the said Act in cases of Imprisonment for Debt, where the Debt or Debts amounted or shall amount to the Sum of Two thousand Pounds and Upwards, and to release and discharge such Insolvent Debtors from such Debts, as to their Persons and Effects, according to the Provisions of the said Act, in cases where, in their Judgment, it shall appear to the said Barristers to be just and sitting so to do.
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