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No. 7 of 1891.
BANKRUPTCY.
[s. 82 contd.] found or does not pay or account for the same within a reasonable time after being called upon to do so by the trustee.
[40 & 47 Vict. c. 52 s. 12.]
[ib. s. 13.]
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(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 a debtor's summons or bankruptcy notice on him, or within 4 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 100 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 for any term not exceeding 2 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, without hard labour, not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars. A person who, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him, or the service of a debtor's summons on him, or within 3 months next before 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.
(5) Any person shall, in each of the cases following, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year; that is to say—
(a) if, in incurring any debt or liability, he has obtained credit under false pretences or by means of any other fraud;
(b) if he has, with intent to defraud his creditors or any of them, made or caused to be made any gift, delivery, or transfer of or any charge on his property;
(c) if he has, with intent to defraud his creditors, concealed or removed any part of his property since or within 2 months before the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money obtained against him; and
(d) if, after a receiving order has been made against him and whether he has been adjudicated bankrupt or not, the assets available for his creditors appear to be insufficient to satisfy the demands of his creditors, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
See No. 3 of 1890 s. 80 (2) ante p. 522,
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84.— bankruptcy any creditor that arises the Colony and in custody arrest be dealt
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