ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864 . 643
Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
XIV .
The memorandum required to be indorsed on a petition for adjudication of bank
ruptcy, before any adjudication shall be made under section 10of " The Bankruptcy
Ordinance, 1864," shall be in the form specified in the schedule 3 to these Orders
annexed .
XV .
After adjudication, the Court shall without any application by the bankrupt appoint
a sitting for the bankrupt to surrender and conform . Such sitting to be also a public
meeting of creditors for such proceedings as may be taken under section 67 of " The
Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1864," and such adjudication and meeting shall be advertised
in the Hongkong Government Gazette and one local newspaper within ten days after
the date of adjudication . The adjudication must be dated of the day on which it is
made.
XVI.
The party presenting the petition shall provide and fill up two forms of adjudica
tion, one to be delivered to the bankrupt, the other to be filed in Court.
XVII.
In the adjudication to be made upon a petition the Court shall grant the bankrupt
protection from arrest ; and shall indorse thereon a notice to the bankrupt of the time
and place of holding the sitting at which he is to surrender and conform as aforesaid ;
and the Registrar shall deliver to the bankrupt a duplicate of the adjudication , and
shall make on the adjudication to be filed a note that he has so delivered the duplicate.
of the adjudication to the bankrupt. Where the petitioner is not present the duplicate
of the adjudication must be personally served on the bankrupt, unless the Court shall
in any particular case dispense with such service.
As to Judgment Debtor Summons.
XVIII.
Every creditor applying for a judgment debtor summons shall file an affidavit of
debt, and such affidavit shall be in the form specified in the schedule 8 to these Orders
annexed.
XIX .
Every judgment debtor summons shall be in the form specified in the schedule 9
to these Orders annexed.