Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856 (Imp) (WA)

Western Australia Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856 (Imp) Western Australia Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856 (Imp) Contents 3. Consideration or guarantee need not appear by writing 1 5. A surety who discharges the liability to be entitled to assignment of all securities held by the creditor 2 6. Acceptance of a bill inland or foreign to be in writing on it, and signed by the acceptor or his agent 2 7. What are to be deemed 'inland bills' 3 8. With reference to the repairs of ships, every port within the United Kingdom, etc., a home port 3 16. Short title 3 17. Extent of Act 3 Notes Compilation table 4 Western Australia Mercantile Law Amendment Act 1856 (Imp) An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade and Commerce. 3 Preamble Whereas inconvenience is felt by persons engaged in trade by reason of the laws of England and Ireland being in some particulars different from those of Scotland in matters of common occurrence in the course of such trade, and with a view to remedy such inconvenience is it expedient to amend the laws of England and Ireland as hereinafter is mentioned: Be it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:— [1‑2. Deleted: WA by 59 Vict. No. 41 s. 58.] 4

3. Consideration or guarantee need not appear by writing No special promise to be made by any person after the passing of this Act to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, being in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person by him thereunto lawfully authorised, shall be deemed invalid to support an action, suit, or other proceeding to charge the person by whom such promise shall have been made, by reason only that the consideration for such promise does not appear in writing, or by necessary inference from a written document. [4. Deleted: WA by 59 Vict. No. 23 s. 4.] 5