Debtors Act, 1869
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62).-This Act abolishes imprisonment for debt except incase of default of payment of penalties, default by trustees or solicitors, and certain other cases (see s. 4), and provides for committal of debtors in default of payment of judgment debts which the debtor can but will not pay, and in certain other cases (s. 5): see COMMITMENT. It also provides for the punishment of fradulent debtors. The (English) Debtors Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 54), gives a judicial discretion in the case of a defaulting trustee or solicitor. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Debt'; IMPRISONMENT, and as to Northern Ireland, see 35 & 36 Vict. c. 57
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