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CAP. 6]
Bankruptcy
[1986 Ed.
Avoidance of general
assignments of book debts unless registered.
1914 c. 59, s. 43.
of the covenant or contract, but any such claim to dividend shall be postponed until all claims of the other creditors for valuable consideration in money or money's worth have been satisfied.
(3) Any payment of money (not being payment of premiums on a policy of life assurance), or any transfer of property made by the settlor in pursuance of such a covenant or contract as aforesaid, shall be void against the trustee in the settlor's bankruptcy unless the persons to whom the payment or transfer was made prove
(a) that the payment or transfer was made more than 2 years before the date of the commencement of the bankruptcy;
or
(b) that at the date of the payment or transfer the settlor was able to pay all his debts without the aid of the money so paid or the property so transferred; or
(c) that the payment or transfer was made in pursuance of a covenant or contract to pay or transfer money or property expected to come to the settlor from or on the death of a particular person named in the covenant or contract and was made within 3 months after the money or property came into the possession or under the control of the settlor;
but, in the event of any such payment or transfer being declared void, the persons to whom it was made shall be entitled to claim for dividend under or in respect of the covenant or contract in like manner as if it had not been executed at the commencement of the bankruptcy.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "settlement" includes any conveyance or transfer of property.
48. (1) Where a person engaged in any trade or business makes an assignment to any other person of his existing or future book debts or any class thereof and is subsequently adjudicated bankrupt, the assignment shall be void against the trustee as regards any book debts which have not been paid at the commencement of the bankruptcy, unless the assignment has been registered with the Registrar in a register to be kept by him for that purpose:
Provided that nothing in this section shall have effect so as to render void any assignment of book debts due at the date of the assignment from specified debtors, or of debts growing due under specified contracts, or any assignment of book debts included in a transfer of a business made bona fide and for value, or in any assignment of assets for the benefit of creditors generally.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "assignment" includes assignment by way of security and other charges on book debts.
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