9º VICTORIE.- No 3 OF 1846.
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Emoluments, or Pension may be enjoyed by such Prisoner, or the
said Court of Directors, he or they may respectively, under his or
their Hands, or under the Hand of his or their Chief Secretary, or
other Chief Officer for the Time being, consent to in Writing, to be
paid to such Assignee or Assignees, in Order that the same may be
applied in Payment of the Debts of such Prisoner ; and such Order
and Consent being lodged in the Office of Her Majesty's Pay-Master-
General, or of the Secretary of the said Court of Directors, or of any
other Officer or Person appointed to pay, or paying, any such Pay,
Half Pay, Salary, Emoluments, or Pension, or such Portion of the
said Pay, Half Pay, Salary, Emoluments, or Pension, as shall be
specified in such Order and Consent shall be paid to the said
Assignee or Assignees, until the said Court shall make Order to the
Contrary.
XIX. And be it enacted and ordained, That if any such Prisoner Goods in Possession
of Prisoner, whereof
shall, at the Time of his Arrest, or other Commencement of his he was reputed Owner,
Imprisonment, by the Consent and Permission of the true Owner to be deemed his Pro-
perty.
thereof, have in his Possession, Order, or Disposition, any Goods or
Chattels whereof such Prisoner was reputed Owner, or whereof he
had taken upon him the Sale, Alteration, or Disposition as Owner,
the same shall be deemed to be the Property of such Prisoner, so as
to become vested in the Provisional Assignee of the said Court by
the Order made in pursuance of this Ordinance.
Distress not to be
XX. And be it enacted and ordained, That no Distress or available formore than
Distresses for Rent made and levied after the Arrest or other One Year's Rent.
Commencement of the Imprisonment of any Person whose Estate
shall, by any such Order as aforesaid, have been vested in the
Provisional Assignee, upon the Goods or Effects of any such Person,
shall be available for more than One Year's Rent accrued prior to
the making of such Order, but that the Landlord or Party to whom
the Rent shall be due shall and may be a Creditor for the Overplus
of the Rent due, and for which the Distress shall not be available,
and entitled to all the Provisions made for Creditors by this Ordi-
nance.
XXI. And be it enacted and ordained, That if any such Prisoner ence
Voluntary Prefer-
and
shall, before or after his or her Imprisonment, being in Insolvent void as against As-
Circumstances, voluntarily convey, assign, transfer, charge, deliver, signees.
or make over any Estate, Real or Personal, Security for Money,
Bond, Bill, Note, Money, Property, Goods, or Effects whatsoever, to
any Creditor or Creditors, or to any Person or Persons in Trust for,
or to or for the Use, Benefit, or Advantage of any Creditor or Creditors,
every such Conveyance, Assignment, Transfer, Charge, Delivery, and
Making over shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be fraudulent
and void as against the Provisional or other Assignee or Assignees
of such Prisoner appointed under this Ordinance : Provided always,
that no such Conveyance, Assignment, Transfer, Charge, Delivery,
or Making over shall be so deemed fraudulent and void unless made
within Three Months before the Commencement of such Imprison-
ment, or with the View or Intention, by the Party so Conveying,
Assigning, Transferring, Charging, Delivering, or Making over, of
Petitioning the said Court for his Discharge from Custody under
this Act.