Bankruptcy.
(2) No person shall be appointed Official Receiver or deputy official receiver unless at the date of such appointment he is a barrister, advocate, solicitor or proctor or a member of the Colonial Legal Service or has successfully passed the examinations required before admission of a barrister, advocate, solicitor, law agent or proctor.
(3) The Official Receiver shall act under the general authority and direction of the Governor and shall also be an officer of the court.
(4) Every deputy official receiver shall have all the powers conferred on the Official Receiver by this Ordinance or by any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same.
(5) Every deputy official receiver shall act under the general authority and direction of the Official Receiver for the time being, or if there be no Official Receiver for the time being, under the general authority and direction of the Governor, and shall also be an officer of the court.
76. (1) The duties of the Official Receiver shall have relation both to the conduct of the debtor and to the administration of his estate.
(2) The Official Receiver may, for the purpose of affidavits verifying proofs, petitions, or proceedings under this Ordinance, administer oaths.
(3) All provisions in this or any other Ordinance referring to the trustee in a bankruptcy shall, unless the context otherwise requires or the Ordinance otherwise provides, include the Official Receiver when acting as trustee.
(4) The trustee shall supply the Official Receiver with such information, and give him such access to and facilities for inspecting the bankrupt's books and documents, and generally shall give him such aid, as may be requisite for enabling the Official Receiver to perform his duties under this Ordinance.
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Status of Receiver.
Official
4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 72.
77. As regards the debtor, it shall be the duty of the
Duties of Official Receiver—
(a) to investigate the conduct of the debtor and to report to the court, stating whether there is reason to
Official Receiver as regards the
debtor's
conduct.
4 & 5 Geo. 5,
c. 59, s. 73.
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