BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE. (Chapter 6).
BANKRUPTCY (AMENDMENT) Rules, 1953-
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 113 and 114
of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, the Chief Justice, with the approval
of the Legislative Council, has made the following rules-
1. These rules may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Citation. Rules, 1955.
2. Rule of the Bankruptcy Rules (hereinafter referred to Amend- as the principal rules) is amended by→
(a) the deletion of the definition "debtor" and the substitu-
tion therefor of the following-
*debtor' includes any debtor proceeded against under the Ordinance, whether adjudged bank- rupt or not, and also includes a firm of debtors in partnership":
(b) the deletion of the definition "name"
(c) the deletion of the words "composition or in the defini-
tion "scheme",
ment of rule 2. (Vol. VII, p. 361).
3.
Rule 5 of the principal rules is amended by- (a) the deletion of paragraph (b);
(b) the deletion of the word "two" in paragraph () and the
substitution therefor of the following-
"ten";
(c) the deletion of the words "Chief Justice" in the penu!- timate line and the substitution therefor of the following-
4.
"Judge'*.
Amend. ment of rule ă.
Rule 8 of the principal rules is amended by the deletion Amend- of the words from "the trustee or the debtor or any person" to ment of
rule 8. the end of the rule and the substitution therefor of the following-
"the trustee, the debtor, and any creditor who has proved, or any person acting on behalf of the trustee, debtor, or creditor, and, by special direction of the court, any other person.".