Voluntary Conveyances Act 1893
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1893 c. 21 |
| Year | 1893 |
Voluntary Conveyances Act, 1893
(56 & 57 Vict.) CHAPTER 21.
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Avoidance of Voluntary Conveyances.
[29th June 1893]
B E it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as theVoluntary Conveyances Act, 1893.
2 Voluntary conveyances if bon fide not to be avoided under 27 Eliz. c. 4.
2. Subject as herein-after mentioned no voluntary conveyance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, whether made before or after the passing of this Act, if in fact made bona fide and without any fraudulent intent, shall hereafter be deemed fraudulent or covinous within the meaning of the Act twenty-seven Elizabeth, chapter four, by reason of any subsequent purchase for value, or be defeated under any of the provisions of the said Act by a conveyance made upon any such purchase, any rule of law notwithstanding.
3 Saving transactions completed before passing of Act.
3. This Act does not apply in any case in which the author of a voluntary conveyance of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments has subsequently, but before the passing of this Act, disposed of or dealt with the same lands, tenements, or hereditaments to or in favour of a purchaser for value.
4 Definition of conveyance.
4. The expression ‘conveyance’ includes ever mode of disposition mentioned or referred to in the said Act of Elizabeth.
5 Application to Ireland.
5. This Act shall extend to Ireland, and, as applied to Ireland, shall be read and construed as if the Act of the tenth year of Charles the First, session two, chapter three (Ireland), were substituted for the said Act of Elizabeth.
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