shall be determined by the Minister of Transport after A.D. 1927. Local Government Act, 1888, the matter in difference such enquiry as he may think fit. 6. This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Northern Ireland. Extent of 5 Short title. 7. This Act may be cited Administration as the Highways Act, 1927. To facilitate the construction, improve- Presented by Sir Edward Iliffe, supported by Sir William Bull, Sir Frank Meyer, Sir Frank Nelson, and Colonel Vaughan-Morgan. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 9 March 1927. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; A BILL ΤΟ Amend the Law of Distress and Bankruptcy in A.D. 1927. its relation to the Hire-Purchase System. E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the 5 same, as follows: 1. No distress for rent shall be levied upon any Goods goods or chattels personal comprised in a hire-purchase exempt agreement or simple hiring agreement if such goods or from chattels are not the property of the tenant whose rent 10 is in arrear, and the Law of Distress Amendment Act, 8 Edw. 7. 1908, shall not apply to such goods or chattels. distress. e. 53. 2. The property of a bankrupt divisible amongst Goods his creditors shall not include any goods or chattels excluded in personal comprised in a hire-purchase agreement or bankruptcy. 15 simple hiring agreement if the bankrupt is not the true owner of such goods or chattels, and section thirty-eight of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, shall be modified 4 & 5 Geo. 5. accordingly. c. 59. 3. This Act may be cited as the Hire-Purchase Short title. 20 System Act, 1927. To amend the Law of Distress and Bankruptcy in its relation to the Hire-Purchase System. Presented by Mr. Herbert Williams, supported by Sir James Agg-Gardner, Sir John Power, Mr. Smedley Crooke, Sir Frank Meyer, and Dr. Watts. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 10 November 1927. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 120, George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; 1,St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; 15, Donegall Square West, Belfast; or through any Bookseller. A BILL ΤΟ Render vacant the representation of any con- A.D. 1927. stituency which has not been represented in the House of Commons for a period of twelve months, unless special leave of absence has been granted by the House of Commons. E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows: 1. A roll-call of the members of the House of Roll-call of Commons shall be made on a day to be appointed by members to the Speaker within the first four weeks of a session. be taken. certain 2. The seat of any member shall be deemed vacant Seat to be 10 who, having failed to answer when called at the roll-call, deemed does not intimate to the clerk personally within twelve vacant in months from the date of the roll-call that he is in attendance at the House, unless during this period he has applied to the House for leave of absence and this 15 application has been granted. cases. 3. This Act may be cited as the House of Commons Short title. Attendance Act, 1927. BILL To render vacant the representation of any constituency which has not Ordered to be brought in by Mr. Beckett, Mr. MacLaren, Mr. Ritson, Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 29 March 1927. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 120,George Street, Edinburgh; York Street, Manchester; |