Bankruptcy Act 1825 Explained

Short Title:	Bankruptcy Act 1825
Type:	Act
Parliament:	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long Title:	An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts.
Year:	1825
Statute Book Chapter:	6 Geo. 4. c. 16
Territorial Extent:	Did not extend either to Scotland or Ireland, except where the same were expressly mentioned.^[1]
Royal Assent:	2 May 1825
Commencement:	1 September 1825, except that the repeal of 5 Geo. 4. c. 98 (1824), and of all enactments therein contained relating to certificates of conformity, took effect on 2 May 1825.^[2]
Replaces:	Bankrupts Act 1571, Bankrupts Act 1603, Bankrupts Act 1623, Bankrupts Act 1662
Repealing Legislation:	Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849
Status:	Repealed

The act 6 Geo. 4. c. 16, sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1825,^[3] the Bankrupt Act,^[4] the Bankrupts Act 1825^[5] or the Bankrupts England Act 1825,^[6] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule A to, the Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106).^[7] It was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(1) and 3 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.

The act allowed people to start proceedings for their own bankruptcy. Before this, only creditors could start the proceedings.

See also

• UK insolvency law
• UK bankruptcy law
• History of bankruptcy law

Notes and references

• Book: The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 George IV. 1825. . His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers . 1825 . 46.
• Book: Raithby, John . The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . 1826 . 10 . 24.
• Book: Sturgeon, Charles . The Bankrupt Act, 6 G. 4. c. 16; and the Bankrupt Court Act, 1 & 2 Wm. 4. c. 56 . 2nd . Saunders and Benning . London . 1832 . Google Books.
• Book: Sturgeon, Charles . The Bankrupt Act, 6 Geo. IV., Cap. 16, with All the Recent Decisions at Common Law and in Equity, the Orders in Chancery, and Abstracts from Other Statutes Relating to Bankruptcy. . Saunders and Benning . London . 1830 . Google Books.
• Book: Gregg, Francis . The New Bankrupt Act; 6 Geo. IV. Chap. 16, Fully Explained, with Practical Notes. . Joseph Butterworth and Son . London . 1826 . Google Books.
• Book: Warrand, A. R. . The New Bankrupt Act, 6 Geo. IV. c. 16. . 1826. See "Law Books Recently Published by R Pheney" in the supplement to this work, Catalogue of Modern Law Books.
• Book: Impey, W. J. . The Bankrupt Act, 6 Geo. IV. Cap. 16..
• Book: Holt, Francis Ludlow . The Bankrupt Laws, as Established by the New Act, 6 Geo. IV. c. 16. . Joseph Butterworth and Son London. 1827 . Google Books.
• Book: Eden, Robert Henley . A Practical Treatise on the Bankrupt Law: As Amended by the New Act of the 6 Geo. IV. c. 16. . 2nd . Joseph Butterworth and Son . London . 1826 . Google Books.

Notes and References

1. [6 Geo. 4]
2. [6 Geo. 4]
3. Thwaites, "Bankruptcy for the Intermediate" (1886) 8 Law Students' Journal 90 (1 April 1886)
4. Sturgeon. The Bankrupt Act, 6 Geo. IV., Cap. 16. 1830. passim.
5. (1966) All England Law Reports Reprint. 1814-1823. p 762.
6. This name is punctuated with commas and brackets in various ways by different sources: Baloch, Tariq. Unjust Enrichment and Contract. Bloomsbury Academic. 2009. Page 39. Google Books. John Michael Bennett. Sir Alfred Stephen: Third Chief Justice of New South Wales 1844-1873. Federation Press. 2009. Page 112. (1964) 13 Records of the Proceedings and Printed Papers of the Parliament 10. Creditor Treatment in Corporate Insolvency Law. Edward Elgar. 2020. Kayode Akintola. Note 99.
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=RKJKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA837 A Collection of the Public General Statutes