Set-off Act 1734
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1734 c. 24 |
| Year | 1734 |
(8 Geo. 2) C A P. XXIV.
'WHEREAS an Act was made in the second Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for the Relief of Debtors with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons ; which Act was to continue in Force for five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and no longer: Andwhereas an Act was made in the third Year of his present Majesty's Reign, intituled,An Act for explaining and amending an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled , An Act for the Reliefof Debtors with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons; both which said Acts expire with this present Session of Parliament;' 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 Authority of the same, That the said Acts, and the several Articlesand Clauses therein contained, not hereby altered (except the Clause in the said first-mentioned Act, for setting mutual Debts one against the other) shall, together with the Alterations and Amendments herein after made, be and remain in full Force and Virtue until the twenty-fifth Day ofMarch , which shall be in the Yearof our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and no longer.
II. And to prevent Persons who may be charged in Execution from lying in Prison until they have spent their Substance, wherewith they should satisfy their Creditors, and afterwards taking the Benefit of the said recited Acts when they have nothing left to deliver up to their Creditors; Be it enacted by the Authorityaforesaid, That from and immediately after the Expiration of this present Session of Parliament, no Person charged, or to be charged in Execution, shall be allowed or permitted to exhibit a Petition to any of the Courts of Law from whence the Process issued, as is provided in the said recited Acts, or one of them, unless such Petition be exhibited before the End of the first Term, which shall be next after the End of this Session of Parliament, or before the End of the Term which shall be next after such Person shall be charged in Execution.
'III. And...
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