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Table of Correspondence
BETWEEN
THE BILL, ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1891, AND THE BANKRUPTCY Acr, 1914,-Continued.
SUBJECT MATTER. BILL.
ORDINANCE
No. 7 of
1891.
BANK-
RUPICY
Аст, 1914.
Inquiry as to debtor's
29
26
conduct dealings and property.
Discharge of bank- 30
rupt.
Fraudulent settle- 31
ments,
Effect of order of 32
discharge.
Power for court to 33
27
26
REMARKS.
25 The provision for use of depositions
case of death
is taken from the present section.
The clause gives the court (1) power to require a bankrupt to come up for his discharge, and (2) a power of sum- mary imprison- ment in certain
cases.
These powers are taken from the present Ordinance.
See
also 16 & 17 Geo.
5, c. 7, s. 1, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1929, s. 2. Sub- clause (4) (b) con- tains a new provi- sion relating Chinese firms,
to
27
25
28
28
29
29
anuul adjudica-
tion in
certain
cases.
Description of debts
34
31
30
provable in bank-
ruptcy.
Mutual credit and
35
82
31
set-off.
Rules as to proof of
debts.
36
30
32
Priority of costs and
37
33
charges.
Specific provision as to insufficiency of
assets.
See
also the Bankruptcy Rules (England), Rule No. 117.
Priority of debts.
33
34
33
Sub-clause (1) (W)
includes commis-
sion.
Preferential claim in
69 34(1)(d)
31
case of apprentice-
See also 16 & 17 Geo, 5, c. 7, s. 2.
ship.
Landlord's power of {
distress.
40
35
35