{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-act-1878/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-act-1878/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/41-42/54",
  "legislation_title": "Debtors Act 1878",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debtors-act-1878",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Court or Judge to have discretion in cases within exceptions 3 and 4 in 32 & 33 Vict. c. 62. s. 4., and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 57. s. 5., respectively.",
  "text": "In any case coming within the exceptions numbered three and four in the fourth section of the Debtors Act 1869, and in the fifth section of the Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872, respectively, or within either of those exceptions, any court or judge, making the order for payment, or having jurisdiction in the action or proceeding in which the order for payment is made, may inquire into the case, and (subject to the provisoes contained in the said sections respectively) may grant or refuse, either absolutely or upon terms, any ...process or order of arrest or imprisonment, and any application to stay the operation of any such ...process, or order, or for discharge from arrest or imprisonment thereunder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1869 c. 62."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1872 c. 57."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/41-42/54/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:45:14.753018+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}