Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

DEBTORS ACT 1870

- Act 33 of 1870
- Royal Assent 18 October 1870

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

   PART II - Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt

   3.      Abolition of imprisonment for debt
   4.      Saving of power to commit for small debts
   5.      Power to arrest defendant about to quit Tasmania
   6.      Sequestration against property of debtor
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   8.      Definition of term "prescribed"

   PART III - Fraud

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   13.     Debts incurred by fraud
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   PART IV - Warrants of Attorney, Cognovits, and Orders for Judgment

   21.     Warrant of attorney and cognovit actionem to be signed in presence of Australian legal practitioner
   22.     Warrant, &c., not formally executed invalid
   23.     Filing of warrant and cognovit
   24.     Filing of judge's order to enter up judgment, &c.
   25.     Application to judge's order of Warrants of Attorney Act 1822
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           SCHEDULE 1