Bankruptcy.

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therein in the name of the debtor or in any alias of his or in his t'ong name, or in the name of any t'ong in which he has any share or interest, or in the name or names of any wife or concubine of the debtor. This provision shall, so far as the nature of the case will admit, apply in the case of any person carrying on business in a name or style other than his own.

of petition

Office or

District

Land Office

against

partner.

53. The Official Receiver may, in either of the cases mentioned in rule 133 or 135, register a memorial of the petition in the Land Office or in any District Land Office against any property registered in the name or names of any partner or partners in the debtor firm or in any alias of his or theirs or in any t'ong name of his or theirs, or in the name of any t'ong in which he or they has or have any share or interest, or in the name or names of any wife or concubine of his or theirs respectively.

Creditor's petition.

costs.

R150.

54. A petitioning creditor who is resident out of the jurisdiction, or whose estate is vested in a trustee under any law relating to bankruptcy, or against whom a petition is pending under the Ordinance, or who has made default in payment of any costs ordered by any court to be paid by him to the debtor, may be ordered to give security for costs to the debtor.

55. Every creditor's petition shall be verified by affidavit, and when it is filed there shall be lodged with it one copy to be sealed and issued to the petitioner.

Forms 10 to 12.

verify.

R152.

56. When the petitioning creditor cannot himself verify all the statements contained in his petition, he shall file in support of the petition the affidavit of some person who can depose to them.

petitioners.

R153.

57. Where a petition is presented by two or more creditors jointly, it shall not be necessary for each creditor to depose to the truth of all the statements which are within his own knowledge; but it shall be sufficient that each statement in the petition is deposed to by someone within whose knowledge it is.

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