1986 Ed.]
Bankruptcy
[CAP. 6
(a) the actual expenses incurred by the Official Receiver in protecting or attempting to protect the property or assets of the debtor or any part thereof and any expenses or outlay incurred by him or by his authority in carrying on the business of the debtor;
(b) the fees, percentages and charges payable to, or costs, charges and expenses incurred or authorized by, the Official Receiver, whether acting as Official Receiver or trustee;
(c) the remuneration of the special manager, if any; and
(d) the taxed costs of the petitioner, so far as the same may not have been disallowed by the court.
(2) Whenever the court is satisfied that property of a debtor in respect of whose estate a receiving order has been made has been preserved for the benefit of the creditors by means of legal proceedings brought by a creditor against the debtor without notice of any available act of bankruptcy committed by the debtor, the court may in its discretion order the payment of the costs of such legal proceedings or any part of them (taxed as between party and party) out of the estate, with the same priority as to payment as is herein provided in respect of the taxed costs of the petitioner.
38. (1) In the distribution of the property of a bankrupt there shall be paid in priority to all other debts-
(a) [Deleted, 47 of 1984, s. 5]
(b) any-
(i) payment from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund to any clerk or servant in respect of wages or salary or both in respect of services rendered to the bankrupt if such payment was made during a period of 4 months before the date of the filing of the petition; and
(ii) wages and salary (including commission provided that the amount thereof is fixed or ascertainable at the relevant date) of any clerk or servant in respect of services rendered to the bankrupt during a period beginning 4 months next before the date of the filing of the petition and ending on the making of a receiving order not exceeding, together with any payment under sub-paragraph (i), $300; (Replaced, 12 of 1985, s. 29(4))
(c) any-
(i) payment from the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund to any labourer or workman in respect of wages, whether payable for time or for piece work, in respect of services rendered to the bankrupt if such payment was made during a period of 4 months before the date of the filing of the petition; and
Bankruptcy Rules 1915, Rule 117 (England).
Priority of debts.
1914 c. 59, s. 33.