Insolent Debtors Act 1844 (SA)

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ANNO SEPTZlMO ET OCTAVO

V I C T O R I A J B E G I N &. . I

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(S ORDINANCE h mend an Ordirtnnce qf the Gownor and ~ Z L * a& * A $

council tlrk Prtwittce intituled An Ad for giving Relkf

h Imprprbtml Inmlvent Dcb#arr nnd to tm.ke pmz"i& Jor the	A	/N. /id	/	..
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Adnlinistrlion o	f	the fitated of Insolvent Debtors in South	4 -8
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\ \~IEREAS	by nn Or&innce of the Goven~or	nnd Co~lncil of ~	~	g	f	~
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this Provircc passctl on the twenty~seco~ld day of June one I I' i

' t '!iElnd eight iio11dre~1 nod forty-one intitdcd ((Ae Act for .giving

"lwf to Imp~$soilcd Insolvent Debtor8 and to ulnkc P ~ O I - ~ Q O ~ fm /* 1 T .Y l

'Afhhistr~tion of tllc Estates of Ii~solvent Dcbtols iu South :

owcr is given to His Excellcnc t l a Govcn~or ns soon ,' i

bo foru~d nocessnry so to do X wn time. to time t h m ~ - . %v I. .

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b appoint fit and discreet persons to bc Conmissio~~cru of

i"dq for tle purposcr of t l o raid Ordinnnw in the mnmer t l i d

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thcrein mentioned and power is also therebygiven to the J U, ! ~

or Chief Justice in certmu cases to issue n fist to any two or m{&

persotis to be named in such fiat to act as Comnmsioners in mt

~nclividual case of Insolvency: And whereas it is considered thi

in the nresent state of the Province one C o ~ ~ r n i s ~ i o ~ ~ e r 1 4 1 tt J

su%cie& for the pul-poses of the said Ordinance and tbnt it im.

pctlient to aineud the same iu other respccts:

power gircn to tile

GowrnSr to nppint I. Be it tll6refore Eiiacted by His Esccllency tlie Gorennr d

South Aastrdin by anlid ~rritll the &vice nud conserk of tlic I,e@li~titt

R I I ~ to ~ I I C Jndge to

issue fints to ono or Council tliereof: That where bv tile said recited Orditmce r o w

more pcrson or

is given to tlic Governor to appofixlt persons to be ~ o i l ~ ~ n i s s i o h r ~ U

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~ n i ~ + l ~ s of I n d -

mncy whew by tha	slinll be lawful for the Gowrnor to nppoiiit one or rliorc fit n1.4
mid 0 d i n. n ~ tb	discreet ~ C ~ S O U OL. persons to be Corn~nissio~ier or Cot~~lissioners d
Srcm?r hd r-	I~~solvcncy for the puqoses of the saicl ' Act and that ~11cl.e pnw r
to appoint or t 0
is by the saicl Ordiannec gi\-en to the said Judge or Cliief . J L I ~ +.

~uae C,, fie

t00amduiaaen.	to i p e R fiat to two or inore persons to net ns Co~ni~iissioi~en	il
m y i ld iv id~d case of I ~ i s o l ~ i i c y it s1:nll 1)o lnwf'ul for the Jun.. or Cllicf Justice to issue a fiat. to one or more persoils to be unaik in such fint to act ns Coimnissio~iers in any o k iadivitlunl cased insolvency nnd sucll one Co~~i~iiisaiollcr wl~cther nlqmilitcd k 11 .
Goveslior or by the Judge or Cliief Jtlstiee dmll liarc tliekm power nud nutilority for tlic purposes of the mid Ordisnuec in rP

rcsl~ccts as is by the mid Olrli~~necc givrnl to 'ally two or o ~ n

persons nppoiuted to net .as Couimissioucrs by ~irtue tlamof.

Tho rcatriction thnl a

XT. And be it Eunctcrl Tlint so miclr of t l ~ c said rt-cited (M-

sin la Commisnioncr

f l oot Mtinr~*nln ~nlice ns provides thnt 110 F~II$C Coiumissiolier shall act iu CPI(.I;~

cascs nlldl be dcerned

to ripply only to m wscs d i n U be dee~ncd mid tillie11 to npply 01dy to mscs a1sn.i:

whrm lnm lhnn am 11101'~ tllilll ouc pc1'1;011 luny bo nppointcd to act as Coui~r~issioncln

Corttntis~ionor	ir a p
pinkd.

Cammimimt or 111. Awl h it l h :w t (~ l Tlmt i l l ttll c:iscsi in wl~iv l i 110 pixwi~i~~*

cOmmi*'i-ma	or 110 sidlicic~tt provision i~ in tltnt. brhalf ,sndr it sltilll h b.	hi'
mrlre mtor

for t l~c said Colimissiolicr or Con~niissioi~cix froni tilw to tilll**

11omya L iaconristcnt wit11 the provisious of this or tlic recited

Ordinntlcc or with nny gel~cml rules and orders now or Leren.fter

to k nmdc by the Joclgc or Judges of the Suprerue Court in yur-

suance of the rccitcd Orcliiiance.

IV. Aid bc it Eunctctl That h] ease of tllc te~nporn~y illness of Power to *

rernor to appoint

llle Joclgc or C11icf Justice ol* of his nbsesce w i t l ~ i tlic Province pram to fi.tr

i t my grefitcr clista~icc fronl Adcldde t l~nn tell miles it sl~nll h :z~t:Y&s;&

lavd'd for the Goven~or to appoint by nriti~ig under his hand some h e r person to issue fiats of insolvenc,y uutlcr this and tlre said

Ordisnncc in t. 1 ~ place of such dndge or Cl~ief Justice and oll

irts issued by the l~erson so to be npl~ointcd sl~all during the &ess

n nbscl~cc of the Jt~dgc oi* Chicf Justice lmvc the ssu~c power and 8cct ns if issued by the dnrlp ao Cliicf Justice in abose place

dl prson 11my be nppointcd to act iu this behalf.

V. A~id be it Ennetctl That in nny cnsc n l~erc R fiat of iesol- power to fiat 4 .

rency iiiiglit lwcler the powcls of tlw rer i td Ordieatrce or Of this the ptition of IImn- gem of CompmLs or

hdi~micc bc lnwfdly issued 011 the petition of m y cwditor of an of n p n b of pnar

iurolrcnt such fiat nmy lsrfidly be issncd on tllc petition of the rtsidiogmtobb P n n i

Ih~mger of nny Con~pnny or Society cousistiag of more tlinii six

persoas or of tlic gci~cml n p n t of any creditor residing out of the

Pro\iacc dtlloagll such ngcat d~nl l not be mtl~orised to net in such

prticulnr mntter such iimlnger or agent nmking the affidavit ro-	l,
@red by the said recited Ordinance to be made ou the issuhg of

a fiat. .

in such fixc dmll otlmnise order such Assiqwe or Assipees are

of inso~~ent to m- Iiercby rertuirccl by n-riting under his or t11e1r liancl or Iiauds to re-

mign to him tha

&c not excadipg L	=pJg;;
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due fion~ my insolvent ngqiast v-lio~u a ' h t slmll herrnftcr k u e

(I &l1 be deca~ed n \-did and s~~l~sistioc debt so r i m e th

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1 ~wrsoi~ to ~vlrom t l~c ~a1.6 luny h due to b reckoxicd as s cmlitor

of tllc it~solwwt for thc puq~osc of rccciving n dividend or other- wise niitil snch dcbt s l d have been p r o d upon oath to tlrc sitis-' fiction of the Acting ~olrmissioncr' at one df the publie meetinp to be nppoiatccl in the matter of the issolnmcy or a t some other

meeting to bc by the Couimissioner specially nppoiuted.

Jnml~cnt mny be IX. And bc it Ei~nctod Tllet iu niiy nc t io~ vliicli niny b brot~gltt

oxaminoti in ~ t i ( 1 ~ 1

bmgbt to mxm

to	by tlic Assipce of nny,insolvent for tiro recovcly of nuy debt dw
to Ilia estate IC slid h lawful for the Court iu which sticll nction
shnll b brouglrt to pcnuit the iusolrcut to h csminccl ns r wit-
ness on belmlf of the Assignee nny hw or ~uage to the coutroq
notntitllstnnding.

.rs	as a l d b e clue ns nforesaid not exceeding tllree months wages or
t	ralnry mid uot cscecdiug tbirty pounds to be paid to such servant
B	or clerk out of the estate of such i~lsolvent and such servant or
nd	clerk s1lal.I be at liberty to prove under the fist for any sum exceed-
ue	iug s1ich last uicntiot~ed RIIIOUU~.
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SIT. And be it Eiiactccl Tlint when any insolvent under &.fiat ~ a g c s tomrkmea

1~ or laknrrnat c x e d -

5- ismcd nRPr the eo~ i i i~ ie~~ccme~~t of this Ordilmice 6 h d have been hgf~,&llym,,

id indcbtcd at tlic tiam of iasuing,tlio fiat against' bill1 to any laborer a* b rir

or worlcinan of such insolvelit m Iwpect of the wages or lnbor of inm. . *

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such laborcr or workman it shall be Ian-ful for the Co~nluissioner '

m-	autlioiizcd to act in t<lie prosecution of such fiat upon proof thereof
he	to order so much as shall be so due as aforesaid but uot excceding
ue	forty sldlings to la paid to such laborer or workmau out of the
be	est3tc of such insolvent ~ i l d such laborer or workman shall he at
or	liberty to prow uuder the fiat for any sum exceeding mach last
P	rnentio~led nmoun t.
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!J ! MIX. And be it Et~sctcd That if any plniutiff sllnll recorer securing b ~ ~ n o t p ~ i n b. or corn-

er	judglient in any pcrsond action for the recovery of m y debt or punding rot a jndrr-
nlouey dcn~nnd 1x1 any of Her Mnjcsty'a Courts of Record agininst the plaintiti dcbt"~u"hich mi& me
any pcrsoll and d1d1 be in a situation to sue out esecotiou tlpoll oat oxnutioa i i t ~ i n
;Ilt	~ucli jodg~l~elit nIld tlterc be nothing due from such plnil~tiff by notice fbwtcm requiring days LRFT pp
Ile	ay of set-off a g i i ~ s t st~cli jod~ment n~id soeh person sl~all not ment a m m i t s u a
on	n-itbin fooi-teen days after notice 111 w~itillg personally senrerl upon o i i o r o i ~.
it	him requiring immcdiatc pnyti~eiit of sucli jodgincut clcbt pay
1Y	securn or con~pound for tile same to t l ~ c satisfaction of such pl&
tiff IIC sltnll bc ~ C C I I I C ~ to 1i;tve committed nil act of ii~solrency on
the fiRee~itll day nfter scrviee of such i~otice: Provided nl~mys ".

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"g Tlirt if firlch esecatiou sl~nll in tIic imu~titnc be sospen(led or l '

!U- rcstraired by nny rule oi*(lci* or proceediiig of any Court of Justice .

d h i n g jarisdiction in tllnt bcbalf, no fuldier proceeding film11 bc

had on mwll llotice but that it shnll be ln~vf\d ncvertliclcss for PIICII

plaintiff n+cn lie sllnll again be in rr situation to sue o11t exccutioi~

Aud also aq pcmn

tlizobcying an onlrrof

Gnrt or E nit\ QC

onin in in&& n

lanary fot pa.nnrnl of

mnnq after scrrirc of

M order on a d q

the W - m h d	fixed for pqrmclrt bf
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lmve bcen pronouncecl to fix a prc~.ernptory clay for the nyment of

such nioncy wbicI1 SIIRU accordil~gly be fixed by an. or er for that 6

.. purpose rind if the pcrson against whom s~lch order or decree i9 made being personally sc~.vcd with such last nlentioud order fourteen days before the day therein n poiuted for payment of such money s l ~ d neglect to p y the mme l c slid1 be deemed to harp eonmitted nn act of insolvency on the &mth day after the senice

of ~ u c h order.

Search ratmat may XV. And be it Eunctcd That in all cases in which it sl~all made to qpcar to the satisfaction of the Comruissioner sotboriscd be

.	to rct in the prosecution of any fiat in iusolveecy that t h e is reason to suspect and believe that property of any insolvent is con- cealed in any house pwnlises or other place uot belonging to such Insolvcnt sucli Comwissio~ier is liereby directed nod authorized to
p m t R search wa~mnt to :~uy person appointed by such Corn
missio~ler ancl it slid1 be lan-ful for such person to execute such
wnimnt a c c o d i ~ ~ g to the tenor tliorcof alid such person shall he en-
titled to tllc same protection as is allowed by hw in exect~tion d
a search \~an.nnt for property repated to be stolen or concealed.

T O W C ~ ~ ~ O B C ~ ~ ~ XVI. A d bc it Enacted That no Official Assignee shall hc f

mROm decmed pcrsoilnlly responsible or lilblc for my Act doile by him or *

aAiabiig im oer-

t.in- by his older or nlrthoiity iu tbe execution of his duty as such Official Assiguec by reason of the Petitionirlg Creditor's dd~t and act of iiisolvel~cy upon which the acijaclicntion of insolveilcy shll

I	1m.w bcen grounded or of either of such matten, being insufficient
I	to support such adjudicntiou.

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Allowanca oc pm XVII. And be it Eiincted That it shall bc Indid for the Corn.

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inissioner natuecl in m y fiat of hisolveucy to allow to tlre Orfirid

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1 ' Assigiicc acting under sue1 fiat so mueh pcr ccnt. ou the ort .

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nrnouut of a11 nioiwys received n d dulgacconutcd for by him as to : '

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s~tch Cou~~nissioner slinll seein reasonable regard bring had to tbc

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i	nlnount of the Iasolvent's propci-ty and to tlie ,trouble of the
\,	Official h s i g i e e in getting ill the mile so ilevertllc~css that sucl ",
nllo~vn~icc s l d l not exceed five per cent. on tllc net nuiomt of all ; f 1
mo~lcys received nnd duly acconuted for by such Otticid Assiguw. 6 .

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F O ~ mm04.g ~ C N W XVIII. And whcrcns provision is imdc bv the lrcitcd Onli~~a~~ce

Ji'trOf for grniiting to cvery I ~ R O ~ V C ~ ~ w1to F I I R I ~ l l a w CIII~Y mill iu 311

c o r l i l ~ o n ni@

-*U. J- t l i isp col1fon11~1 to t110 l n w ~ ill forcc . C O I I F P Y ~ ~ I I ~ ~ I I F ~ I V C I I ~ E nt

till10 of iss~ling t110 tint with ~wpcct t.0 11itn n c ~ r t i t i w t ~ of coil-

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fornlity aigncd nlid ~Uowcd h tlw u~nnitcr m n t i o u d ill the Statute

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made and p& in the ekth year of His bta Mnjesty Kig G . .

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tl~c Fo~vth intituled '' An Act to nn~eild the Laws mlnting to'

Banli~wl~ts,'' m d it is provided that a l~e rc in the said Statute it is

dircctcd tlmt the Conim~ssio~lers slmll certify to the L d Cliaucellor

they s11nU in such case certify to the Judge or Chicf Justice of the

Supra~~w Court a116 ~ 1 1 ~ 1 ' ~ it is dkcctcil that such certificate s l i d

bc allowed by tlic Lord Cl~n~lccllor it shall iu such case be allowed

by the mid Jurlgc or Chicf Justice: Aid whereas since t l~a passing

of the said Ordi~ia~icc many fiats lime been issued u d e r which per sot^ have been dcclnrcd insolvent mrl under mllich the powers hy the said Odinaiicc given to Co~i~niissioi~ers hnvc been escrcised hy tlic Judge of the Snprcnie Co~lrt nlonc no Coiiiiuissiouers 1iaving been appointed by virtue of the provisions of tlie said Ordinance

and doubts illay arise as to the eff'ect of certificntes mcle sig~ied and

allowed by t l~c Judge alone: Ancl ~vhcreas doubts may also arise

n to t l~c ~l~niliicr of cnlculatin~ tllc proportion ill umnber nud value of the clrditocs by 11-1lolu certificates ought to be signed iu cases of fiats issucrl before tllc i?s&nc of this Ordiunuce: Be it therefore

E~metal Tl~nt cvcry cchificnrc of confoi~nity which ii~ny have been

Crrctofore or 1~11icl1 way at my time liereafter l ~ e made signed and

dlowed by the Judge of the Supreine Court o d y ~uitller n11y fint of *

~~so~vei~cy heretofore ismed wdictl~er soeh fiat slrnil have becu issued

on the petition of the I~isolrcnt lli~nsclf or 011 the petition of my

weditor or crcditors of such Ii~solveut in cases w1wl.e no Co~u-. -

o~issiot~crs sl~all 11m-c been immcd in the fiat ~nirlcr which the s m e

my be granted allall bc of the smle fome aud effect as a certificate	.
rertificd by Comniissiouers and allowed by the Judge of the Su-
preme Court: And that wllcre it is lwovided iu the said Statute h t n cei*titicnto ~1i:ill bc signed by my proportion in number nsd dllc of the crcditors who shnu linvo proved c l e h imder the corn- nlission such proportiol~ sl~all bc cnlcidnted on the l~u~libcr rind

rduc of creditor8 ~mmccl in t l~c Srl~cclulc filed by the Insolvent in

!he mmncr dilrcted by tlic ~ n i d Olrliimtice.

a ~ h a w o f I ~ 1 - allowed ail? confinncd according to such provisions: ProviW

I l o r t o ~ ~ U r d Y	~ l ~ v n y s	that no such certificate shall release or discbalg~	nuy penon
ebargsrputwlor

penw bmd.	mlio was ,z ~nrtiler with such Insolvent at the time of Ills insolwarr or wnb tllcil jointly bound or lwd made any joint coiltract wit11 swh Iiisolveilt: And provided also t b t nothing herein coilt~i11~1 6hd
affect the validity of any cei%ifinte already or which olq
hcrcaftcr be granted a i d nllowcd aceordilg to the provision of tLe
ircitcd Olvli~~nnce in respect of any person decked tisolvent prp
vious to the pnssing hereof.

insolvent not to h XX. Provided always and be it Enacted That no Tt~solvent ~ h d l

ctltitlcd to ccrtificnto bc eiit,itJccl to the cci%&icnte wider this Oldi~m~ice nod tlmt alir such

if ,,,, I,nr

1 l m o ~ t 8 IY gaolins ecrtificnte if ohtnincd s l d l h void if such Ii~solvetit dd1 k&.lo~r

or coi~ccaleri or de- a l ) ~ Any SOL% of wageling or.plning ~ I I OIIC day tncl~t.V p ~ ~ k l s or

w~

n l d f ~ ~ W- ~ nltl~in ollo Scar nest prccedii~g his iisol~*cncy c ~ t two l in~drrd powb

t rics or ebnccalcd any

or if he s l d ivhlib~ oiie ycnr iicst prccedieg his iiieolvrory lirw

.	,,,-,,pny a
' L d i t i O u e ~ ~ ~ ~ lost two h i ~ d r e d P O ~ I I I ~ S by nuy coiitlact for the p~~rclmse or a!?

' of m y Govcnmc~~t or otlm stock where srtcli co~ltr;~ct was not to

bc ~~c~. fo iucd within one wcck a h i * t l ~ c conti*act or ~vlwre t l~c stock bo&l~t or sold was not actually tclnsfe~md or clclivccd ia pur- suance of such coi~tlnct or if such 1nsolv~11t d i n U nfter an act lli

imolvciwy or in contcli~plntio~i of 111rolvene~- or nit11 illtent to

dcfcnt the object of this or any otlirr Statute re1ntiny to 111solvcmP

Imvc coiiccnlcd destroyed nltclrd iiiutilntcd or Blsified or m w d tlj

be coiiccnlcd destroyed nltescd r~~otilnted or Plsificd all?- OS E*

boolcs p p c m writings or scc~~rities or lnnclc or bees 11riv1- to I ~ W

nlnkillg n i y fnlse OS hncltdent ctltry in nny hook of nr&wit N

other docunic~~t nit11 illtcnt to clcfinnd his creditors or sldl

conccolerl nny p r t of his pmqwty or if a]?\- pc-011 hn\ilg pnd n fdsc debt uildcr the fint. such Insolw~b bctng pr<vy tlwlrto or nftctwwds l i n o ~ r i i ~ ~ the pnlilc din11 not llnw diaclowd thc s m c to

his Assigsecs wit.hi11 olic ulo~~tll aRcr sitell k~~owledgc.

XSI. And bc it Ennctctl Tlmt it slmll bc Inrvf~d for tl~c COW

rlissio~icr	nntlmikcd to nct in tllc prosrruticn of m\- fi;lt i l l ilk
solvcl~cy	I~crcafirr to be issuccl on the npplicatiun of thr it~solvntt

ilninccl 111 saeli fint to nppoint n ptiblic ~itting fOr tile atllt~~vmw of slwli ccrt ificntc to the Indvcnt. nnmccl iu sudr fiat nlwcot' rlritl vf t l~c puqwrt wlicscof tlvc~lty-ouc dnys' ~wtirc d d l IN* pivru ia tbr

Sotrth /Ilrstrrr'linn Got-cwlrrtalt Gcl;ct& nnd to tl~c t?ltici:tI .\s>ipitr.

nncl nt srirli sitting nl?y of the rmlitoir of snrb li~rolvr~rt ~ l i l ? b

l ~ y ~ r d ngnii~st thc nllown~icc of such rcrtitimte but it did1 nut l*.

reqltifiitc for R U C ~ ccrtiticnte ta ire eigad ly nny of tlw r~wlitun

8uch I~lso~vcat nad such ~otsstis8iokler hnvb~g wpn\ to thu rub

f ~ ~ t y of tha Xnsolvaut to &c laws whtbg h kuolvcuta oud ! s

t]le coudnct of the Ilisolveilt before as well as after l& insolvency , t

thall jaclye of nny objection a niitst allowing such certificate and I

pither ha the Insolvent entitle tl~ereto 2 a d allow the same or re-

hsc or suslm~d the nllowance hereof or annex auch conditions

;bereto RS the jlisticc of the case inay require..

XXII. Provided nlmaya tlint no certificate s l d be sue11 discllarge cettibte a to

lnless sucli Coni~nissioner s l d l in miting under hnud and seal ~~~~!

ertify to the Sopseine Court that sack Insolvent has made a

liscovcry of his estates and effecta and iu all thiugs cooufomecl as

~foresnid and that t l~em does not appear any reason to doubt the

rut11 or fdness of such discovery awl ni~less the Insolvent make

bath in ~mitiiig t l~nt sr1c11 cestifiwte was obtained fairly a d without

hud and uidess tlio zlllownl~ce of such certificate shall nRer such

ath b coufir~ned by the Supreme Court which confirmation

ny of the creditors of the Insolvent may be heard before such

hu1.t.

XSIII. And be it Eilnctcd Thnt nny contract or security made ~ t m u m d t i u to iadw acditm W

r given by my I l~dve i l t or other person unto or in trust for nuy ,- oppodtiarcb

wditor or for fiecuriiig tlie pnylncnt of any money due by sucli -

~~solvcnt nt the time of his ilisolvel~cy as r7 considemtiou or 113th

otent to persuade such creditor to fodxnr opposing or to consent .

o the allownnce or coi~fim~ntion of such certificntc s h d be void

nd the money thereby secured or n p d to k paid sheall not be

oeovcrnble and tlie pnrty sued on such contrnct or security ninv

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lcnd t11c gnernl isaue and give this Ordinance and the specid

mtter in evidcnce.

XXIV. And be it Etmeted T11nt if any creditor of nil Insolt+cnt P C U ~ ~ for d ~ d n g

m* goat &c* U

hall obtain nny stun of money or my goods cl~nttels or ~eeurity m dnrrmOFltb fe

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x lno~icy from nuy p s s o ~ l ns nu i~ldoccnient for forbcaiing to

ppose or for consentiug to the dlowance or co~lfuv~ntion of t.lle.

ertificntc of such Insolva~t evely sncl~ cr*cditor so offending dml l

wfeit nod lose for every 611~11 offence tlie treble vnlue or ~ruotlnt of

ucli lltoncy p o d s clinttcla or security so obtained as tlie case may

e to bc recovcscd ns I~csehnfter prov~dcd.~

entering an nppearancc and may plead ill general that the muse J

Ccrtifiesta to ba sri-

nction accrued bcforc he became iilsolveilt nnd may give this b.

nncy.

dillnlice nnd the special mntter Q1 er-idcnce and s~mcfi Issolvent's

tificnte a d t l ~ c coufii?iiation thereof shrill bc snfficieut e d c n c e a{

tlie iilsolvcncy fiat nnd other proceedings precedent to the obtdnin:

Indrca t in sxacntim such ccrtificntc and if any sucll Illsolrent s11nl.l be taken' in eae.

msy"O.M** cutiolv or detailled in pis011 for 611~11 clniln dcbt or clemnucl abm

dirchuOsddirchuOsd .

judgiicnt has been obtained for the coiifii~untiou of his certifietr i t slinll be lnwful for any Judge of the Court whcrein jitdguent L been so obtained ou such Iusolvent prodtlci?lg his certificate to odt any officer wllo shall l~nvc such Insol\*eiit m custody by rirtue d

such esecutioi~ to disclmge stlcll Tiisolvcnt without esnctiq ny

fec n~ld such officer s l d bc hcrcby iildclurlificcl for so doing.

~ f cat* sllnll llnw iren coolifir~ned ~ $ sliall be liable to pay or sqtisfj an1 ~ ~ ~ ~

h inwriting. dcbt clnilll or tleiaantl fi.0111 which Ile sllnll lmvc becu dischark!

by virtue of such certificate or nuy p r t of such clai~u clehbr dcmancl upon nny contract proniisc or ngcement made or to bp made nftcr tlic suing out of the fiat unless suclr contrnct pronrisc

ngwciucnt be m d c in writing sigucd by tlic Iusolveut or by sow

. pcrson thereto ln~vftdly n~~tliorizcd in writing hy such lusolvent.

C Rccmtry md sppli- XSVII. And be it Ennctcd That rill FUIIM of money forfcitd

*' snclrr this or thc said rccitd Onlii~nilec mny bc mecl tor by th

* Assigt~ccs of tlrc estate nncl ctfects of nny 11lsolvcnt in tlic &prcow

Court of this l'rovi~icc ntld tlic nioliey RO recot-erecl the c b q p d

wit bcirig clccloctccl sl~nll bc divided nrlinug tlic crcditom.

of	the &me luniuicr na if every auch fiat were A ,Commission of
3.	)Iankrtlptcy uudcr the fist-mentioned Statute or a fiat under the
er-	last-mentioned Statute save and except as may be herein or in .
the recited Ordi~~nlice otlierwiso directed or as may be inconsistent
, of
ing	&b the provisions of this or of the recited Ordinance or with
rxe.	a y d e a a d regulations made or to be made in pursuanm thereof.
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ste GEORGE GREY,

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