Statute of Frauds Amendment Act 1828

1828 CHAPTER 14

An Act for rendering a written Memorandum necessary to the Validity of certain Promises and Engagements.

[9th May 1828]

WHEREAS by an [English Act, 21 Jac. 1. c. 16.] Act passed in England in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of King James the First, it was, among other Things, enacted, that all Actions of Account and upon the Case, other than such Accounts as concern the Trade of Merchandize between Merchant and Merchant, their Factors or Servants, all Actions of Debt grounded upon any Lending or Contract without Specialty, and all Actions of Debt for Arrearages of Rent, should be commenced within Three Years after the End of the then present Session of Parliament, or within Six Years next after the Cause of such Actions or Suit, and not after: And whereas a similar Enactment is contained in an [Irish Act, 10 Car. 1. Sess. 2. c. 6.] Act passed in Ireland in the Tenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the First: And whereas various Questions have arisen in Actions founded on Simple Contract, as to the Proof and Effect of Acknowledgments and Promises offered in Evidence for the Purpose of taking Cases out of the Operation of the said Enactments; and it is expedient to prevent such Questions, and to make Provision for giving Effect to the said Enactments and to the Intention thereof:

Be it therefore enacted by the King'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,