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Foreign Debts 5

1 Foreign Debt recoverable in like Manner as Debts contracted in the Island.......... 5
2 Not to extend to persons residing in Island six Months previous to Act, or
to Persons in the Service of Government who have departed with
Intention to return .......................................................................................................... 5
3 [Repealed] ........................................................................................................................ 6
ENDNOTES 7

TABLE OF LEGISLATION HISTORY 7
TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS 7
TABLE OF ENDNOTE REFERENCES 7

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OVERSEAS DEBTS ACT 1814

Received Royal Assent: 7 March 1814
Promulgated: 24 March 1814
Commenced: 24 March 1814
AN ACT
for the more easy Recovery of Debts contracted out of the Limits of
the Isle of Man.1

Foreign Debts Act of 1737
Whereas by an Act of Tynwald, promulgated in the said Isle, in the Year of our Lord
1737, it is amongst other Things enacted and provided, ‘That any Person prosecuted in
this Island for a Foreign Debt, by any Action of Arrest in the Court of Chancery, shall,
for the Future, be held to Bail only for his Personal Appearance to such Action, and for
the forthcoming of what Effects he hath within this Island to Answer the Judgment
upon the same.’
And whereas it is expedient that Foreign Debts shall be recoverable in the said Isle in
such and the like Manner as Debts contracted within the same:
1 Foreign Debt recoverable in like Manner as Debts contracted in the

Island

That from and after the Promulgation of this Act, all Debts contracted out of the
Limits of the Isle of Man, shall be recoverable in the said Isle in such and the like
Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if such Debts had been contracted
between the same Parties within the Limits of the said Isle.
2 Not to extend to persons residing in Island six Months previous to Act,

or to Persons in the Service of Government who have departed with

Intention to return

Provided always, that Nothing hereinbefore contained shall extend, or be
construed to extend, to affect any Person or Persons who shall have been
usually resident within the said Isle, for and during the Space of six Calendar
Months immediately preceding the Day of the Promulgation of this Act, or who
hath or have been usually resident within the said Isle for one Year before the
Commencement of the said six Months, and who hath or have departed the said
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Isle in the Service of Government, Civil or Military, with an Intention to return
to the said Isle as the Place of his or their Abode; save and except as to all Cases
of Debts or Penalties due to the Crown, and as to all Cases of Persons who have
fled from their Bail, in any Part of Great Britain or Ireland, leaving such Bail
charged or chargeable there; and also, save and except as to all Cases of Persons
who have committed Offences against the Bankrupt Laws of Great Britain or
Ireland.
3 [Repealed]
2

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ENDNOTES

Table of Legislation History

Legislation Year and No Commencement






Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original Current






Table of Endnote References

1
Short title given by Short Titles Act 1977 Sch. 2
S 3 repealed by Action of Arrest Act 1953 Sch 2.