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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend and consolidate the Law of Bankruptcy.
[25th August 1883]
Preliminary

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 - SECT 1

1. This Act may be cited as the Bankruptcy Act, 1883.

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 - SECT 2
Extent of Act.

2. This Act shall not, except so far as is expressly provided,
extend to ... Ireland.

Disqualifications of bankrupt.

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 - SECT 32

32.(1) Where a debtor is adjudged bankrupt he shall, subject to the
provisions of this Act, be disqualified for

(a)Sitting or voting in the House of Lords, or on any committee
thereof, ...;

(b)Being elected to, or sitting or voting in, the House of Commons,
or on any committee thereof;

Para.(c) rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

(d)Being elected to or holding or exercising the office of mayor,
alderman, or councillor;

(e)Being elected to or holding or exercising the office of guardian
of the poor, ... member of a sanitary authority, or member of a
school board, highway board, ..., or select vestry.

(2) The disqualifications to which a bankrupt is subject under this
section shall be removed and cease if and when

(a)the adjudication of bankruptcy against him is annulled; or

(b)he obtains from the Court his discharge with a certificate to
the effect that his bankruptcy was caused by misfortune without any
misconduct on his part.

(3) The disqualifications imposed by this section shall extend to
all parts of the United Kingdom.

BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 - SECT 168
Interpretation of terms.

168.(1) ...

"Property includes money, goods, things in action, land, and every
description of property, whether real or personal and whether situate
in England or elsewhere; also, obligations, easements, and every
description of estate, interest and profit, present or future, vested
or contingent, arising out of or incident to property as above
defined:

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