The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended and consolidated enactments related to bankruptcy in England and Wales.
The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 5 February 1849, presented by Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 15 February 1849 and was committed to a committee of the whole house. The committee was discharged on 19 March 1849 and the bill was referred to the Select Committee on Bankruptcy and Insolvency, which reported on 7 May 1849, with amendments. The bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house, which was discharged on 18 May 1849, when the bill was referred back to the Select Committee on Bankruptcy and Insolvency, which reported on 24 May 1849. The bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house, which met on 24 May 1849 and reported on 25 May 1849, with amendments. The amended bill was re-committed to a committee of the whole house, which met and reported on 5 June 1849, without amendments. The bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 7 June 1849 and passed, with amendments.
The bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 11 June 1849. The bill had its second reading in the House of Commons on 18 June 1849 and was committed to a select committee with the power to send for persons, papers and records, and a quorum of five.
The committee reported on 24 July 1849, with amendments. The amended bill was committed to a committee of the whole house, which met on 25 July 1849 and reported on 26 July 1849, with amendments. The amended bill had its third reading in the House of Commons on 26 July 1849 and passed, with amendments.
The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Lords on 27 July 1849, with amendments. The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Commons on 31 July 1849, without amendments.
The bill was granted royal assent on 1 August 1849.
Section 2 of the act provided that the act may be cited as "The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1849".
Section 3 of the act provided that nothing in the act would not extend to Scotland or Ireland unless explicitly provided.
Section 4 of the act provided that the act would come into force on 11 October 1849.
Section 1 of the act repealed 11 enactments, listed in schedule A to the act.
The act was praised by William Rogers, a member of the Board for the Revision of the Statute Law, for being a model consolidation act.
The whole act was repealed by section 20 of, and the schedule to, the Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 83).