Insolvency Act 1844 No 12a (NSW)

No. VI.

An Act to further amend an Act int i tuled " An " Act for giving relief to Insolvent Persons and " providing for the administration of Insolvent " Estates and to abolish Imprisonment for Debt" [13th August, 1844.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of New South Wales in the seventh year of the reign

of Her present Majesty intituled " An Act to amend an Act intituled " ' An Act for giving relief to Insolvent Persons and providing for the

" ' administration of Insolvent Estates and to abolish Imprisonment
" 1for Debt ' " it was amongst other things enacted that from and
after the passing of the said recited Act it should and might be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony for the time being or for the officer administering the Government for and on behalf of Her Majesty and subject to Her Majesty's approval to appoint a Chief Commissioner for Insolvent Estates for all parts of the Colony not being within the District of Port Phillip and whereas it is expedient that there should be a Chief Commissioner of Insolvent Estates for the District of Port Phillip Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the Governor of the said Colony for the time being or for the officer administering the Government for and on behalf of Her Majesty to appoint a Chief Commissioner for Insolvent Estates for the District of Port Phillip and such Chief Commissioner to suspend or remove and to appoint another in his stead as occasion may from time to time in the opinion of the said Governor require.

2. And be it enacted That all and every the clauses and schedules in the said recited Act applicable to the Chief Commissioner to be appointed under the said recited Act shall be taken and deemed to be applicable to the Chief Commissioner to be appointed under this present Act in respect of all cases within the District of Port Phillip in like manner as if the said last mentioned Chief Commissioner had been expressly named in the said clauses and schedules of the said recited Act.

3. And be it enacted That the said recited Act as well as this Act may be further altered or amended during the present Session of the said Legislative Council.

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