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Insolvent Debtors Act assented by Governor Sir George Gipps and passed by the NSW Legislative Council (clerk WM. MACPHERSON), Sydney, 13 October 1838: revives, amends and continues to 1 October 1840 the colony's 1831 Act (2 Wm. IV No. 11) for the relief of debtors imprisoned in execution who cannot pay. It lets such a prisoner file a sworn schedule of estate, effects and debts in the Supreme Court, be examined before a Judge and be discharged from custody, with penalties (up to 3 years' hard labour) for concealing or falsifying assets; Crown debts excepted.

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Number 363. [843] OIT QUI DIEU DROIT SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, …

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New South Wales Government Gazette, No. 363, 10 October 1838.

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