BANKRUPTCY.
No. 7 of 1891.
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creditors, and in any other respect to aid in administering the property in such manner and on such terms as the trustee may direct.
(2) The court, on the application of the trustee, may, if it thinks fit, make an allowance out of the estate to the bankrupt for the support of himself and his family or in consideration of his services in assisting the trustee.
surplus.
58. The bankrupt shall be entitled to any surplus remaining after payment in full of his creditors, with interest, as by this Ordinance provided, and of the costs, charges, and expenses of the proceedings under the bankruptcy petition.
PART III.
MATTERS INCIDENTAL TO TRUSTEE'S DUTIES.
Costs and charges.
59.—(1) All costs of or incident to proceedings in bankruptcy shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, be in the discretion of the court.
(2) Where a trustee or manager receives remuneration for his services as such, no payment shall be allowed in his accounts in respect of the performance by any other person of the ordinary duties which are required to be performed by himself.
(3) No solicitor's bill of costs shall be allowed in the trustee's accounts unless it has been taxed by the proper officer.
(4) The remuneration of any trustee, manager, or receiver or the allowance to any bankrupt, or any part of such remuneration or allowance, may, if the court so orders, be forfeited for misconduct.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 52, ss. 72, 73.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 52, ss. 74, 75.
60.—(1) The Official Receiver shall open in his name as Official Receiver an account at a bank approved by the Governor, and shall pay to the credit thereof all sums received by him as such Official Receiver or as trustee, and every trustee in a bankruptcy, other than the Official Receiver, receiving money as such trustee shall open an account at such bank in the name of the debtor's estate, and shall pay to the credit of such account all sums which may from time to time be received by him as such trustee.