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 A. D. 1732. Anno quinto Georgii II. C. 29, 30. 97 CAP. XXIX. An Aft for the reviving an Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, Jn Acl for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majejly's Subjecls to and from the Eaft-Indies, and for the more effetlual preventing all his Majejly's Subjecls trading thither under foreign Commiffions. 1 XK7 H E R E A S the Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George 5 Geo. i. csti. ' Vr the Firft, intituled, An Ait for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty '$ Subjects to and ' then next Sellion of Parliament; and which by another Act made in the ninth Year of his laid late 9 Geo. i. 0.26. ' Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Acl to prevent his Majejly's Subjecls from fubferibing or being concerned in ' the better fecuring the laivful Trade of his Majejly's Subjecls to and from the Eaft-Indies, was further con- ' three, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, hath by Experience been ' found ufeful and beneficial, and is lately expired ;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid firft herein before-mentioned Act fhall be and is hereby revived, Aft ^ Geo. 1. and (hall be in full Force from the firft Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred continued from and thirty-two for and during the Term of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next j Years, 7 &c.° Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. Continued by 20 Geo. 2. c, 47. CAP. XXX. An Act to prevent the Committing of Frauds by Bankrupts. « TT THE RE AS Commiffions of Bankrupt have been iffued againft fevefal Perfons not long before c W and fince the Expiration of the Statute made in the fifth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, inti- 5 Geo. 1. c. 14. ' clared Bankrupts by the Commiflioners by fuch Commiffions authorized, and yet feveral of fuch concerning Bank- ' Bankrupts, by reafon of the Expiration of the faid Statute, have not only refufed to furrender them- ^{'/"P- 3S 4 felves to the Commiflioners, and to difcover and deliver up their Eftate and Effects to the faid Commif- 13 Ehz. c. 7. ' fioners for the Benefit of their Creditors, but have carried away and concealed the fame in fuch Manner, J J ac - *• c - 1 5- ' divers great Quantities of Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, and have thereby, and by their extrava- 7 '" *' ' ' ' feels into their Cuftody, have fold or pawned the fame for lefs than the Value thereof, and thereby railed, ' fecret Places, in order to oblige their Creditors to accept of fuch Compofition for their refpective Debts, .' whereby their Creditors have been totally deprived of their Debts : And whereas many Perfons have ' and do daily become Bankrupts, not fo much by reafon of Lofles and unavoidable Misfortunes, as to ' the Intent to oblige their Creditors to accept fuch their unjuft Profers and Compofition, and to defraud ' and hinder their Creditors of their juft Debts :' Therefore to remedy the faid Abufes, and to fupply the Defects and Inconveniencies of former Laws relating to Bankrupts, Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon or Bankrnpts fince Perfons, who fince the fourteenth Day of May which was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven H Ma y I 7 1 9> hundred and twenty-nine, hath or have become Bankrupt, or who fhall at any Time hereafter during (Offences agahfi the Continuance of this Act become Bankrupt, within the Intent and Meaning of the feveial Statutes '/l^fj'J'^ made and now in Force concerning Bankrupts-, or any of them, and againft whom a Commilfion of gaufal Pardon, Bankrupt under the Great Seal of Great Britain hath, fince the faid fourteenth Day of May which "aoG«. z. c 52.) was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, been awarded and iffued out, or lhall at any Time hereafter be awarded and iffued out, whereupon the Perfon or Perfons againft whom fuch Commiffion hath iffued or fhall iffue, have or hath been or lhall be declared Bankrupt or Bankrupts, lhall not within forty-two Days after Notice thereof in Writing, to be left at the ufual Place of Abode of fuch Perfon or Perfons, or perfonal Notice, in cafe fuch Perfon or Perfons be then in Prifon, and Notice given in the London Gazette, that fuch Commilfion or Commiffions is, are or have been iffued, and of '.he Time and Place of a Meeting of the Commiflioners therein named, or the major Part of them, furrender him, her or themfelves to the faid Commiflioners named in the faid Commiffion, or not rurrendrirfg the major Part of them, and fign or fubferibe fuch Surrender, and fubmit to be examined from Time"' 1 '"" ** Ua y* to Time upon Oath, or being of the People called Quakers, upon the folema Affirmation by Law otlce ' Vol. VI. O appointed c. iq. 2.
 * from the Eaft-Indies, and for the more effetlual preventing all his Majejly's Subjecls trading thither under
 * foreign CommiJ/ions, which was to continue in Force for five Years, and from thence to the End of the
 * encouraging or promoting any Subfcription for an Eaft-Inclia Company in the Auftrian Netherlands, and far
 * tinued for feven Years from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-
 * tuled, An Acl for the better preventing Frauds committed by Bankrupts, and fuch Perfons have been de- For former Laws
 * that the faid Commiflioners have not been able to feize the fame, to the manifeft Wrong and In- " ig'^'car, "
 * jury of their Creditors, and to the great Difcouragement of Trade : And whereas many evil-minded c . 24.
 * Perfons have, fince the Expiration of the faid Statute, bought and taken upon Truft and Credit ^Am. c. it
 * gant Manner of living and otherwife, contracted great Debts, and having gotten fuch Goods and Ef-
 * ready Money, and have withdrawn themfelves from their ufual Places of Abode, with their Effects, into
 * as fuch evil-minded Perfons 'think fit to. offer, or have carried away their Effects beyond the Seas,