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CXCIII. If any officer of the Court or any person acting under colour or pretence Power for Court to of the process of the Court, or in execution of any Warrant or Order of the Court, against officers of the shall be charged with extortion or misconduct, or with not duly paying or accounting for any money levied by him under authority of this Ordinance, the Court may enquire into the matter in a summary way, and may make such order thereupon, for the repayment of any money extorted, or for the due payment of any money so levied as aforesaid and for the payment of any such damages and costs, as it shall see fit; and also
may if it shall see fit impose such fine upon such officer or person, not exceeding ten pounds for each offence, as it shall see fit.
CXCIV. If any officer or person employed in putting the powers of this Ordinance Officer taking fees in execution, shall wilfully and corruptly exact, take or accept, any fee or reward what-improperly. soever, other than and except such fees as shall be appointed and allowed by General Order, for or on account of any thing done or to be done by virtue of this Ordinance, he shall upon proof thereof before the Court be for ever incapable of serving or being employed under this Ordinance in any office of profit or emolument and shall also be liable for damages.
CXCV. If any person shall wilfully disobey any General Order of the Court, the Disobedience to Ge- Court may summon such person and may in a summary manner commit such offender neral Orders. to prison for such period as it shall see fit or until such person shall conform to the terms of any General Order which he may have infringed.
As to Notices and Advertisements.
CXCVI. All Notices by this Ordinance or by General Order required to be served What notices to be on any person shall be sent by post addressed to the last known place of business or sent by post. abode of such person, subject to such regulations as to registration and otherwise as such General Orders shall direct, provided that this present section shall not apply to or affect Notices by this Ordinance or by any General Order required to be personally served.
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CXCVII. Any petition for adjudication, or arrangement, adjudication of Bankruptcy Petitions and other
CXCVII. assignment appointment of official or creditors' assignee, certificate, deposition, or other proceedings in bank- ruptcy, and copies proceeding or order in Bankruptcy, or under any of the provisions of this Ordinance, purporting to be seal- appearing to be sealed with the seal of the Court under this Ordinance, or any writing Court admissible purporting to be a copy of any such document, and purporting to be so scaled, shall at evidence. all times, and on behalf of all persons, and whether for the purposes of this Ordinance or otherwise, be admitted in all Courts whatever as evidence of such documents respectively, and of such proceedings and orders having respectively taken place or been made, and be deemed respectively records of such Court, without any further proof thereof; and no such shall be receivable in evidence unless the same appear to be so sealed, except
copy where otherwise in this Ordinance specially provided: Provided that any document, petition or proceedings in any adjudication of insolvency filed or taken and entered of record under the Ordinance No. 3 of 1846 purporting to have been sealed before the commencement of this Ordinance or purporting to have been signed by the person duly authorized to sign the same, and copies of the same, shall be received in all Courts what- ever as evidence of such petition, document, or proceedings, and of such proceedings having taken place and entered of record.
CXCVIII. The proper Officer of the Court shall, on the reasonable request of any Officer of Court to Bankrupt or arranging Debtor, or of any Creditor of such Bankrupt having proved his produce proceedings and give evidence debt, or of an arranging Debtor, when the debt of the arranging Creditor has been admit- thereof. ted in the petition or proved, or on the request of the Attorney of any such Bankrupt, Debtor or Creditor, produce and show to such Bankrupt, Debtors or Creditors at such time as the Court shall direct, every petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, adjudication of Bankruptcy, and petition for arrangement, against or by such Bankrupt, and all orders and proceedings under any such petition or adjudication, and the Court shall order the Official Assiguee or Officer of the Court, as the case may be, to permit such Bankrupt, Debtor or Creditor to have inspection at all reasonable times, of all books, papers and writings relating to the matters of such petition or adjudication, and the estate of the Bankrupt or Debtor in the possession of the Assignees or filed in Court in such matter' and permit him to inspect and examine the same; and such Official Assignee, or such Officer shall provide for any such Bankrupt, Debtor, Creditor or Attorney, requiring the same an office copy of such petition or other proceeding, books, papers and writings as
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