Bankruptcy Act

Australia

• The Bankruptcy Act 1924
• The Bankruptcy Act 1930
• The Bankruptcy Act 1966^[1]

Hong Kong

• The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1932
• The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance 2005

Malaysia

• The Bankruptcy Act 1967

Nigeria

• The Bankruptcy Act 1979^[2]
• The Bankruptcy Act 2004

Republic of Ireland

• The Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No 27)

United Kingdom

• The Statute of Bankrupts (1542) (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 4)
• The act 21 Jas. 1. c. 19 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1623^[3]
• The Bankruptcy Act 1705 (4 & 5 Ann. c. 4)
• The act 6 Geo. 4. c. 16 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1825
• The act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 122^[4] is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1842^[5] or the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1842.^[6]
• The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106)^[7]
• The act 15 & 16 Vict. c. 77 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Act 1852^[8] or the Secretary of Bankrupts Office Abolition Act^[9]
• The Bankruptcy Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 119)
• The Bankruptcy Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 134)
• The act 25 & 26 Vict. c. 99 is sometimes called the Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1862^[10]
• The Bankruptcy Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 104) popularly called Moffatt's Act^[11]
• The Bankruptcy Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 71)
• The Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 83)
• The Bankruptcy Disqualification Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 50)
• The Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 34)
• The Bankruptcy Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59)
• The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 7)

The Bankruptcy Acts 1883 to 1890 was the collective title of the following acts:^[12]

• The Bankruptcy Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 52)
• The Bankruptcy Appeals (County Courts) Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 9)
• The Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 47)
• The Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 12)
• The Bankruptcy (Discharge and Closure) Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 66)
• The Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 62)
• The Bankruptcy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 71)

Scotland

• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Amendment Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 33)
• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 20)
• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66)
• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 6)
• The Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)

The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Acts 1856 to 1881 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[13]

• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 79)
• The Bankruptcy and Real Securities (Scotland) Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 19)
• The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 26)
• The Debtors (Scotland) Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 34)
• The Bankruptcy and Cessio (Scotland) Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 22)

Ireland

• The Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 60)
• The Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 58)

United States

• The Bankruptcy Act of 1841 – ch. 9, 5 Stat. 440, 1841-04-19
• The Bankruptcy Act of 1867 - 14 Stat. 517, 1867-03-02
• The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 – Nelson Act, July 1, 1898, ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544
• The Bankruptcy Act of 1938
• The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 – Pub. L. 95–598, 92 Stat. 2549, enacted November 6, 1978
• The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Pub. L. 109–8 (text) (PDF), 119 Stat. 23, enacted April 20, 2005

Vancouver Island

• The Bankruptcy Act 1862^[14]