Bankruptcy Act 1869

Leave to bring in the Bankruptcy Bill to the House of Commons was granted to the attorney general, Robert Collier and the solicitor general, Sir John Coleridge MP on 5 March 1869. The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 15 March 1869, presented by the attorney general, Robert Collier . The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 8 July 1869 and was committed to a committee of the whole house. The committee was discharged and the bill was committed to a select committee on 16 July 1869, which was appointed on 19 July 1869. The committee reported on 22 July 1869, with amendments. The amended bill was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met on 26 July 1869 and reported on 27 July 1869, with amendments. The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 30 July 1869 and passed, with amendments. The amended bill was considered by the House of Commons on 2 August 1869, which agreed with several amendments but not others, for which a committee was appointed to draw up reasons for disagreement. The committee reported on 2 August 1869. The report was considered by the House of Lords on 5 August 1869, with the disagreed amendments not being insisted upon. The bill was granted royal assent on 9 August 1869. == Provisions ==

Section 32 of the act established the first statutory regime for preferential debts in bankruptcy, between local rates, taxes, wages and salaries of clerks, servants, labourers and workers. Short title, commencement and extent Section 1 of the act provided that the act may be cited as The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. Section 2 of the act provided that the act would not extend to Scotland or Ireland unless expressly provided. Section 3 of the act provided that the act would come into force on 1 January 1870 == Subsequent developments ==

Enactments consolidated by this act were repealed by the Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 83). The whole act was repealed by section 169(1) of, and the fifth schedule to, the Bankruptcy Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 52), which came into force on 1 January 1884. == See also ==