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

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

Extent of Act.

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

Disqualifications of bankrupt.

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;

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(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.

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: