Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015

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Number 60 of 2015

BANKRUPTCY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

CONTENTS

Section

1. Definitions

2. Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1988

3. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1988

4. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1988

5. Amendment of section 18 of Act of 1988

6. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1988

7. Amendment of section 21 of Act of 1988

8. Amendment of section 56 of Act of 1988

9. Amendment of section 61 of Act of 1988

10. Amendment of section 85 of Act of 1988

11. Amendment of section 85A of Act of 1988

12. Amendment of section 85D of Act of 1988

13. Order for winding up

14. Amendment of section 112 of Act of 1988

15. Amendment of section 123 of Act of 1988

16. Short title, collective citation and commencement

Acts Referred to

Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No. 27)

Bankruptcy Acts 1988 to 2011

Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)

Family Home Protection Act 1976 (No. 27)

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (No. 44)

Number 60 of 2015

BANKRUPTCY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

An Act to reduce the term of bankruptcy and bankruptcy payment orders in certain circumstances; to provide for the automatic re-vesting in the bankrupt of his or her family home, shared home or principal private residence in certain circumstances; and for those and other purposes to amend the Bankruptcy Act 1988 .

[25 th December, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: