It 0 Y A I.

vs.

LAWS or Palace EDWARD ISLAND.

WW

«4

,. w~~~x~wv~wa W. .. _ _

e Act for the relief of

th Unfortunate Debtors.

An Act to amend

[Passed April 19, 1869.] E it enacted by the Administrator of the Government, Council and Assembly, as

follows:—

I. In all cases to be commenced after the passing of this Act, under and by virtue of the Act for the relief of Unfortunate Debtors, the Judge or Commissioner shall only have jurisdiction when any Debtor applying to him for relief shall be owing debts to the amount of three hundred pounds or upwards, and is unable to pay the same.

II. In all cases to be commenced after the passing of this Act, no Debtor shall be entitled to his order for discharge, pursuant to the pro- visions of the Twenty-fifth Section of the said Act for the relief of Unfortunate Debtors, if the said Debtor did, within six months previous to the filing of his petition, or after the commence- ment of any proceedings by any creditor against him, pawn, pledge or dispose of, other than by bona fide transactions in the ordinary way of his trade, any of his goods, chattels, lands, tenements, moneys or effects, or want of due publication of notice of any of the meetings of credtiors or other substantial irregularity.

III. If any Debtor shall wilfully make any false statement of his affairs, in his petition for relief, to be filed after the passing of this Act, or secrete or conceal any property belonging to his estate, or part with, cancel, alter, mutilate or falsify, or cause to be cancelled, altered mutilated or falsified, any bond, deed, docu- ment, or writing relating thereto, or remove, or cause to be removed, the same, or any part thereof, with intent to prevent it from coming into the possession of the Assignee, or to hinder, impede or delay him in recovering or receiving the same, or shall make any payment, gift, sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance

of any preperty belonging to his estate, with p

the like intent, or shall, with intent to defraud,

wilfully and fraudulently conceal from hisP

assignee, or omit from his schedule, any pro-

perty or effects whatsoever, or, if in case of p

any person having, to his knowledge or belief,

GAZETTE.

829

proven a false or fictitious debt against his estate, he shall fail to disclose the same to his assignee, within one month after its coming to his knowledge or belief thereof, or shall attempt to account for any of his property by any fic- titious losses or expenses, or shall, within six months before the filing of his said petition, make the false color and pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, obtain, on credit, from any person, any goods or chattels with intent to defraud, or shall, within six months next before filing his petition for relief, as aforesaid, pawn, pledge or dispose of, otherwise than by bona fide transaction in the ordinary way of his trade, any of his goods or chattels, which have been obtained on credit and remain unpaid for, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding two years.

An Act further to amend the Acts for the re—

gulation of the Militia and Volunteer Forces. [Passed April 19, 1869.]

E it enacted by the Administrator of the Government, Council and Assembly, as

follows :—

I. The whole of the Regular and Sedentary Militia shall, until furnished with arms, be formed into a Reserve, to be called out (save as referred to in the second Section of this A.ct,) for an annual muster of one day only, in such manner, and at such time, as the Commander-

in-Chief may direct.

II. The provisions of the last preceding sec- tion of this Act shall not, however, in any wry affect the power of the Commander-in-Chief, under the fiftieth section, of the Act of the twenty-ninth Victoria, chapter two, to call out the Militia, or any part thereof, whenever, in his Opinion, it is advisable so to do, by reason of war, invasion, civil commotion, imminent danger, or any of them.

111. Each Captain of an independent Com- any of Volunteer Militia, entitled to support hereunder, shall receive an allowance of Five ounds per annum, in lieu of all charges for muster rolls, clerking and contingent expenses ; rovided he keeps up the organization and number of his company.