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paid for the same, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud;
(p) if, within four months next before the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him, he pawns, pledges, or disposes of, otherwise than in the ordinary way of his trade, any property which he has obtained on credit and has not paid for, unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud; and
if he is guilty of any false representation or other fraud for the purpose of obtaining the consent of his creditors or any of them to any agreement with reference to his affairs or his bankruptcy.
A person who has sent out of the Colony any property which he had obtained on credit and not paid for shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have disposed of the same otherwise than in the ordinary way of his trade, if such property not having been paid or accounted for at the date of the receiving order by the person to whom the same was sent, such last-mentioned person cannot be found or does not pay or account for the same within a reasonable time after being called upon to do so by the Trustee.
(3) If any person against whom a receiving order is made, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or the service of debtor's summons or bankruptcy notice on him, or within four months before such presentation or service, quits the Colony and takes with him, or attempts to take with him, or makes preparations for quitting the Colony and for taking with him, any part of his property, to the amount of one hundred dollars or upwards, which ought by law to be divided among his creditors, he shall (unless the jury is satisfied that he had no intent to defraud) be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable with imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.
(4) If any person against whom a receiving order is made quits the Colony, with intent to avoid service of any petition or other process in bankruptcy, or to avoid examination in respect of his affairs, or otherwise to defeat, embarrass, or delay any proceedings against him in bankruptcy, he shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. A person who, after presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him, or the service of a debtor's summons on him, or within three months next after such presentation or service, quits the Colony shall (until the contrary is proved) be deemed to have quitted the Colony with such intent as is mentioned in this section.
Any person shall, in each of the cases following, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be liable to ...
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