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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 8, 1929.

HONG KONG.

L.S.

No. 2 OF 1929.

I assent.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

8th March, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the Bankruptcy Ordi-

nance, 1891.

[8th March, 1929.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bankruptcy Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. Section 27 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, is Amendment amended as follows:-

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(a) by the insertion of the following words imme- diately after the word court in the third line of sub-section (3):-

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"shall take into consideration a report of the Official Receiver as to the bankrupt's con- duct and affairs (including a report as to the bankrupt's conduct during the pro- ceedings under his bankruptcy), and,"

(b) by the addition of the following sub-section at

the end thercof :-

(9) For the purposes of this section the report of the Official Receiver shall be prima facie evidence of the statements therein contained ".

of,, Ordinance No. 7 of

1891, s. 27.

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Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 26 (2), (6).

3. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, as amended by Application this Ordinance, shall apply to all proceedings under of Ordinance the said Ordinance, whether begun before or after the No. 7 of coming into operation of this Ordinance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 7th day of March, 1929.

1891, as amended by this

Ordinance.

W. I. WYNNE JONES,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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