The Bankrupts, etc. Act 1763 (4 Geo. 3. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that continued various older acts.
In the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament remain in force until expressly repealed. Many acts of parliament, however, contained time-limited sunset clauses, requiring legislation to revive enactments that had expired or to continue enactments that would otherwise expire.
Section 1 of the act continued the Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30), as revived and continued by the Continuance, etc., of Acts, 1735 (9 Geo. 2. c. 18) and as continued by the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1750 (24 Geo. 2. c. 57) and the Continuance of Laws, etc., (No. 2) Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 35), from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1771.
Section 2 of the act authorised justices of the peace for the counties of Kent and Essex to put the laws relating to hackney coaches into execution within their respective jurisdictions.
The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 September 1775 by section 1 of the Bankrupts Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3. c. 47).
The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 1 September 1780 by section 1 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1776 (16 Geo. 3. c. 54).
The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1785 by section 1 of the Continuance of Laws Act 1781 (21 Geo. 3. c. 29).
The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1788 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1786 (26 Geo. 3. c. 80).
The Bankrupts Act 1731 (5 Geo. 2. c. 30) was further continued from the expiration of the act until the end of the next session of parliament after 29 September 1793 by section 2 of the Continuance of Laws (No. 2) Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 24).
The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring, appointed in 1796, inspected and considered all the temporary laws, observed irregularities in the construction of expiring laws continuance acts, making recommendations and emphasising the importance of the Committee for Expired and Expiring Laws.
The whole act was repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 116).