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Administration of Justice Act 1925

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Contents: 13 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  3. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  4. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  5. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  6. 22 Registration of deeds of arrangment.
  7. 23 Local registration of bills of sale under Bills of Sale Acts, 1878 and 1882.
  8. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  9. 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  10. 28 Power to revoke and vary orders.
  11. 29 †Short title, interpretation, extent, repeal and commencement.
  12. SCHEDULES 1—3
  13. SCHEDULES 4, 5

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13 provisions

Title and introductory text

Administration of Justice Act 1925 1925 c.28 An Act to amend the law with respect to the jurisdiction and business of the Supreme Court in England and with respect to the judges, officers and offices thereof and otherwise with respect to the administration of justice. [7th May 1925]

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22 Registration of deeds of arrangment.

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23 Local registration of bills of sale under Bills of Sale Acts, 1878 and 1882.

(1) Section eleven of the Bills of Sale Act (1878) Amendment Act, 1882 (which makes provision for the local registration of the contents of bills of sale), shall have effect as if it required the registrar of bills of sale to transmit to county court registrars copies of the bills instead of abstracts of the contents of the bills, and references in that section to the abstract transmitted and the abstract registered shall be construed accordingly. (2) Section ten of the Bills of Sale Act, 1878, shall have effect as though it required the presentation to the registrar on the registration of a bill of sale, in addition to the copy of the bill of sale mentioned in paragraph (2) of that section, of such number of copies of the bill and every schedule and inventory annexed thereto as the registrar may deem to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of the said section eleven as amended by this section.

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28 Power to revoke and vary orders.

Any order made under this Act by the Lord Chancellor, . . . may at any time be revoked, varied or amended by a subsequent order made under this Act by the Lord Chancellor, . . . .

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29 †Short title, interpretation, extent, repeal and commencement.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act, 1925. (2) . . . (3) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland. (4)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SCHEDULES 1—3

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SCHEDULES 4, 5

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