The Crown Debts Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8. c. 39) was an act of the Parliament of England, which introduced the concept of crown debt in English law, i.e. that the crown has priority for its debts before all other creditors.
Provisions Section 30 of the act repealed the Surveyors of Crown Lands, etc. Act 1523 (14 & 15 Hen. 8. c. 15).
Subsequent developments Sections 1-35 and 38 of the act were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 125), which came into force on 28 July 1863.
The whole act was repealed by section 152(4) of, and schedule 7 to, the Senior Courts Act 1981, which came into force on 1 January 1982.
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References Halsbury's Statutes