Bankruptcy Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia , Hong Kong , Malaysia , the Republic of Ireland , the United Kingdom and the United States relating to bankruptcy . The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Bankruptcy Bill during its passage through Parliament .
3-397: Bankruptcy Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to bankruptcy. The Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890 was the collective title of the following Acts: Scotland The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881 was the collective title of the following Acts: Ireland Collective title A collective title
6-425: A collective title has been given by any Act passed before this Act, that group shall be construed as including that Act or part, and, if the collective title of the group states the first and last years of the group, the year in which that Act is passed shall be substituted for the last year of the group, and so on as often as a subsequent Act or part is added to the group. This provision is derived from section 1(3) of
9-713: Is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom , be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 . Section 2(2) of the Short Titles Act 1896 reads: If it is provided that any Act passed after this Act may, as to the whole or any part thereof, be cited with any of the groups of Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, or with any group of Acts to which
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