Bankruptcy.

(1) that the bankrupt has within three months preceding the date of the receiving order incurred liabilities with a view to making his assets equal to fifty per cent of his unsecured liabilities; (k) that the bankrupt has on any previous occasion, whether in this Colony or elsewhere, been adjudged bankrupt or made a composition or arrangement with his creditors;

(1) that the bankrupt has been guilty of any fraud or fraudulent breach of trust.

(5) The court may, on proof to its satisfaction of any of the facts mentioned in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (1) of subsection (4), summarily sentence the bankrupt to imprisonment for one year.

(6) For the purposes of this section, a bankrupt's assets shall be deemed of a value equal to fifty per cent of his unsecured liabilities when the court is satisfied that the property of the bankrupt has realized or is likely to realize, or with due care in realization might have realized, an amount equal to fifty per cent of his unsecured liabilities, and a report by the Official Receiver or the trustee shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of such liabilities.

(7) For the purposes of this section, the report of the Official Receiver shall be prima facie evidence of the statements therein contained.

(8) Notice of the appointment by the court of the day for hearing the application for discharge shall be published as the court may direct or as may be prescribed and shall be sent fourteen days at least before the day so appointed to each creditor who has proved, and the court may hear the Official Receiver and the trustee and may also hear any creditor. At the hearing the court may put such questions to the debtor and receive such evidence as it may think fit.

(9) The powers of suspending and of attaching conditions to a bankrupt's discharge may be exercised concurrently.

(10) A discharged bankrupt shall, notwithstanding his discharge, give such assistance as the trustee may require

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