Bankruptcy.
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bringing him before the court as mentioned in rule 27, or after delivering him to the Commissioner of Prisons, report such apprehension or delivery to the court and apply to the court to appoint a day and time for the examination of the person so apprehended, and the court shall thereupon appoint the earliest practicable day for the examination and shall issue its direction or order to the said Commissioner to produce him for examination at a place and time to be mentioned in such direction or order. Notice of any such appointment shall forthwith be given by the Registrar to the Official Receiver, trustee or other person who has applied for the examination or warrant.
29. An application to the court to commit any person for contempt of court shall be supported by affidavit.
30. Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance and these rules, upon the filing of an application to commit, the court shall fix a time and place to hear the application, notice whereof shall be personally served on the person sought to be committed, not less than three days before the day fixed for the hearing of the application: Provided that in any case in which the court may think fit, the court may allow substituted service of the notice by advertisement or otherwise, or shorten the length of notice to be given.
Costs and taxation.
Forms 94 to 97.
Notice and application to commit. R84.
Forms 98 to 100, 104. (Cap. 6).
hearing of application as to costs. R103.
31. The regulations as to costs contained in Part II of the Appendix shall, subject to these rules, apply to the taxation and allowance of costs and charges in all proceedings under the Ordinance and these rules.
32. The solicitor in the matter of a bankruptcy petition presented by the debtor against himself shall in his bill of costs give credit for such sum or security (if any) as he may have received from the debtor as a deposit on account of the costs and expenses to be incurred in and about the filing and prosecution of such petition; and the amount of any such deposit shall be noted by the taxing officer upon the allocatur issued for such costs.
Solicitor's costs in case of petition by debtor. R105.
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