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Ordinance

| Order

carry

such

ever been made since through

the Ordinance has been in operation

for sixteen

years.

But there is

a proviso in

the Ordinance that "if any case should arise which shall not have been expressly provided

for by 'such' general orders, but for which provision has been made by the general orders framed

in pursuance of the English Bankruptcy Act 1861, the Chief

Justice

may

apply to such

case

any of the

orders so

framed aforesaid"

and

in

his discretion.

Mr. Justice

Snowden

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Snowden lays it down that under

this proviso and in

the absence

of any

rule

upon

the subject under

the Ordinance certain general

Orders

made under the Act of

1861

(viz.

rule 14)

which specifies

certain matters to be heard at

Chambers

may

be applied by the

Chief Justice to the case of

similar business in the Court

of Bankruptcy here.

I do not think it can. The

proviso

which

says

that "if any

case

should arise which shall

not have

been expressly provided

for by such general Orders" must

be limited to

any

case.

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