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DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1890

DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1890 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Law relating to Deeds of Arrangement.
[25th July 1890]
S.1 rep. by 1955 c.21 (NI) s.28 sch.

DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1890 - SECT 2
Accounts and proposals in petitions for arrangement to be registered.

2.(1) Copies of every petition filed in the court of bankruptcy...
in Ireland, under the provisions of section three hundred and
forty-three of the Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857, and of
the affidavit of assets and liabilities and proceedings instituted by
creditors [required by bankruptcy rules (within the meaning of that
Act)]..., shall be filed in the bills of sale office of the
Queen's Bench Division of the High Court.

(2) Such copies shall be filed in the said office within two days
after the originals have been filed in such court of bankruptcy,....

(3) A copy of every order confirming a resolution of creditors made
in the matter of a petition filed in the court of bankruptcy... in
Ireland in accordance with the provisions of the said section of
the said Act, shall also be filed in the bills of sale office of
the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court.

(4) Such copies shall be filed by the petitioning debtor within two
clear days after the making of the order confirming such resolution.

(5) The court of bankruptcy... in Ireland shall not [approve and
confirm the resolution or agreement of the creditors] in the matter
of a petition for arrangement until it is shown to the satisfaction
of the court that sub-sections one and two of this section have
been complied with.

(6) The seventh [and ninth] [sections] of the principal Act, so far
as the said [sections] may be applicable, shall apply to every
document and affidavit filed in pursuance of this section, provided
always that in such application [of the seventh section], the date
of filing a petition for arrangement shall be substituted for the
date of a deed of arrangement [and in such application of the
ninth section a reference to the omission to file the copies
mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) of this section within the time
required by subsection (2) or (4) respectively shall be substituted
for the reference to the omission to register a deed of arrangement
within the time required by that Act].

(7) The several documents filed in pursuance of this section shall
for the purposes thereof... be deemed to be a deed of arrangement;
and the provisions of section fifteen, sub-section one, of the
principal Act shall apply thereto, and [section 116 of the
Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978], and any enactment for the
time being in force amending or substituted for the said section,
shall apply to fees under this Act, and orders under the said
section may, if need be, be made in relation to such fees
accordingly.

(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Irish Bankrupt and
Insolvent Act, 1857, and the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act,
1872, the eleventh and twelfth sections of the principal Act shall
apply to every document and affidavit filed in the Queen's Bench
Division of the High Court under this Act.

S.3 rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1890 - SECT 4
Interpretation.

4.(1) In the construction of this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(a)"The principal Act" shall mean the Deeds of Arrangement Act,
1887.

(b)"A deed of arrangement" shall mean a deed of arrangement as
defined in the principal Act.

Para.(c) rep. by SLR 1963

DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1890 - SECT 5
Short title.

5. This Act may be cited as the Deeds of Arrangement Amendment
Act, 1890.

S.6 rep. by SLR 1908