Bankruptcy.
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(3) Any person claiming to be entitled to any moneys paid into the bankruptcy estates account under this Ordinance may, within five years of the date when the same was so paid in, apply to the Registrar for payment to him of the same, and the Registrar, if satisfied that the person claiming is entitled, shall make an order for the payment to such person of the sum due. Any person dissatisfied with the decision of the Registrar may appeal to the court.
(4) After any money has remained unclaimed in the bankruptcy estates account for a period of five years it shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance.
[130 (Cap. 122).
PART VIII.
BANKRUPTCY OFFENCES.
debtors.
129. (1) Any person who has been adjudged bankrupt or in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made shall in each of the cases following be guilty of a misdemeanor-
(a) if he does not to the best of his knowledge and belief fully and truly discover to the trustee all his property, real and personal, and how and to whom and for what consideration and when he disposed of any part thereof, except such part as has been disposed of in the ordinary way of his trade (if any) or laid out in the ordinary expenses of his family, unless he proves that he had no intent to defraud;
(b) if he does not deliver up to the trustee, or as he directs, all such part of his movable or immovable property as is in his custody or under his control and which he is required by law to deliver up, unless he proves that he had no intent to defraud;
(c) if he does not deliver up to the trustee, or as he directs, all books, documents, papers and writings in his custody or under his control relating to his property or affairs, unless he proves that he had no intent to defraud;
if, after the presentation of a bankruptcy petition by or against him or within twelve months next before such presentation, he conceals any part of his property...
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4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 154.
Geo. 5, c. 7, s. 5.
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