594
If debtor is about to leave the Colony or conceal his goods, Court may order him to be arrested.
Notice of adjudication.
Before notice of adjudication given in Hongkong Government Gazette, debtor to have notice thereof.
ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
under such petitions, or may impound any such petition or petitions, or annul the proceedings thereunder, or any part thereof, upon such terms as the Court shall see fit; and may order any petition or petitions to be proceeded in either separately or in conjunction with any other or others; and may remove the assignees under any such petition or petitions, and appoint others as it shall see fit.
49. Whenever any petition for adjudication shall have been filed against any person, and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Court that there is probable cause for believing that such person is about to quit the Colony, or to remove or conceal any of his goods or chattels with intent to defraud or defeat his creditors unless he be forthwith apprehended, the Court may issue a warrant, directed to such person as the Court shall think fit, whereby such last mentioned person shall have authority to arrest the person against whom such petition shall have been filed, and also to seize his books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods and chattels, wheresoever he or they may be found, and him or them safely keep until the expiration of the time allowed for adjudication on such petition, or until such person shall be adjudged bankrupt under such petition, and be thereon dealt with according to this Ordinance: Provided, that any person arrested upon any such warrant, or any person whose books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods or chattels, have been seized under any such warrant, may apply, at any time after such arrest or seizure, to the Court for an order or rule on the petitioning creditor to show cause why the person arrested, should not be discharged out of custody, or why his books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods and chattels, should not be delivered up to him, and the Court may make absolute, or discharge such order or rule.
As to Adjudication of Bankruptcy.
50. Notice of all adjudications shall be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette.
51. Before notice of any adjudication granted upon a creditor's petition shall be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette and such other newspapers as the Court may direct, and at or before the time of putting in execution any warrant of seizure which shall have been granted upon such adjudication, a duplicate of such adjudication shall be served on the person adjudged bankrupt, personally, or by leaving the same at the usual or last known place of abode, or place of business of such person;
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594
If debtor is about to leave
the Colony or conceal his goods, Court. may order him to be arrested.
Notice of adjudication.
Before notice of adjudica- tion given in Hongkong Government Gazette, debt- or to have notice thereof.
ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1864.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
under such petitions, or may impound any such petition or petitions, or annul the proceedings thereunder, or any part thereof, upon such terms as the Court shall see fit; and may order any petition or petitions to be proceeded in either separately or in conjunction with any other or others; and may remove the assignees under any such petition or petitions, and appoint others as it shall see fit.
49. Whenever any petition for adjudication shall have been filed against any person, and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Court that there is probable cause for believing that such person is about to quit the Colony, or to remove or conceal any of his goods or chattels with intent to defraud or defeat his creditors unless he be forthwith apprehended, the Court may issue a warrant, directed to such person as the Court shall think fit, whereby such last mentioned person shall have authority to arrest the person against whom such petition shall have been filed, and also to seize his books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods and chattels, wheresoever he or they may be found, and him or them safely keep until the expiration of the time allowed for adjudication on such petition, or until such person shall be adjudged. bankrupt under such petition, and be thereon dealt with according to this Ordinance: Provided, that any person arrested upon any such warrant, or any person whose books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods or chattels, have been seized under any such warrant, may apply, at any time after such arrest or seizure, to the Court for an order or rule on the peti- tioning creditor to show cause why the person arrested, should not be discharged out of custody, or why his books, papers, monies, securities for monies, goods and chattels, should not be delivered up to him, and the Court may make absolute, or discharge such order or rule.
As to Adjudication of Bankruptcy.
50. Notice of all adjudications shall be given in the Hongkong Gov- ernment Gazette.
51. Before notice of any adjudication granted upon a creditor's petition shall be given in the Hongkong Government Gazette and such other newspapers as the Court may direct, and at or before the time of putting in execution any warrant of seizure which shall have been granted. upon such adjudication, a duplicate of such adjudication shall be served on the person adjudged bankrupt, personally, or by leaving the same at the usual or last known place of abode, or place of business of such person;
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