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It is important to bear

these fact in mind because

they greatly affect the assets

collected and

consequently the

amount of work to be

performed

by

Auditor.

The new

Bankruptcy

Ordinance No. 20 of 1891 came

into force

on the 31st of December 1891, the chief object in passing it, was to stop

the abuses above mentioned, by

placing

discretion in the

hands of the Court, for the

Court

may

dismiss

a bankruptcy petition if it is satisfied that there will be no substantial assets for division amongst the Creditors, or that for other sufficient cause an order ought not to be made, and

by ordering

public examination of the debtor before any

adjudication

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