ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
assignees.
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bankrupt not in prison or custody shall at all times after such surrender, attend the assignees, upon every reasonable notice in writing for that purpose given by them to him or left at his usual or last known place of abode, and shall assist such assignees in making out the accounts of his estate and such bankrupt after he shall have surrendered may at all reasonable times before the expiration of such time as shall be allowed to him to finish his examination, inspect his books, papers and writings in the presence of his assignees or any person appointed by them, and bring with him each time any two persons to assist him: and every such bankrupt after he shall have obtained his discharge, shall upon demand in writing given to him or left at his usual or last known place of abode attend the assignees to settle any accounts between his estate and any debtor to or creditor thereof, or attend any Court of record to give evidence touching the same, or do any act necessary for getting in or protecting the said estate: for which attendance he shall be paid such sum as the Court shall see fit out of his estate.
As to the last Examination.
last examination.
60. The Court shall forthwith after the meeting for the choice of assignee by the creditors appoint a public sitting on a day not later than sixty days from the date of such meeting, and shall give notice of such sitting in the Hongkong Government Gazette and in such other newspapers as the Court may direct for the bankrupt to pass his last examination and the Court may from time to time enlarge the time appointed for such sitting or may adjourn the same.
61. The bankrupt shall prepare such statements of his accounts and in such form as General Orders or the Court shall direct, and shall subscribe such statement and shall file the same in Court ten days at least before the day appointed for the last examination or adjournment thereof, and such statement may before such last examination be amended, from time to time, as occasion may require, and the Court shall direct, and the bankrupt shall make oath of the truth of such statement whenever he shall be duly required by the Court so to do, and the last examination of the bankrupt shall in no case be passed unless his statement shall have been duly filed as aforesaid.
62. The statement of accounts when filed in Court shall be open to the inspection of all creditors who may take copies of and extracts from the same, subject to such regulations as the Court or General Order may direct.
Statement of bankrupt.
Statement of accounts to be open to inspection.
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